The largest Swiss firms by revenues that are in the Fortune Global 500 list in 2012 are listed below Source: Fortune Global 500, Fortune Five of the above companies trading on the US markets are shown below with their current dividend yields: 1.Company: Nestle SA (NSRGY) Current Dividend Yield: 3.12% 2.Company: ABB Ltd (ABB) Current Dividend …
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Some multinational firms’ revenue are huge compared to the GDP of their home economies. For example, during the tech boom of the 1990s Nokia dominated Finland’s economy. The following chart illustrates this phenomenon using a few examples: Click to enlarge Source: Shell, Glencore, and Other Multinationals Dominate Their Home Economies, Bloomberg BusinessWeek
For many years now Europe has been hit by one crisis after another.First came the fiscal crisis in Greece and then Portugal followed suit. Greece has been bailed out multiple times so far and is still struggling to recover. In general, the economies of the PIIGS countries have suffered greatly since the global financial crisis …
Gold futures closed at $1,406.50 an ounce in New York yesterday. Recently gold prices plunged by over $200 in just two days before recovering slightly. Over the past 10 years, gold soared from about $330.00 an ounce to a record high of $1900.00 in 2011. Click to enlarge Source: Kitco From 2002 thru early March …
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