Its been a while since I wrote a post about the largest global firms.The Wall Street Journal published the following graphic showing the world’s ten largest firms by market capitalization in an article on Apple Inc (AAPL): Click to enlarge Source: Apple Boosts Size of Bond Deal to $6.5 Billion, Feb 3, 2015, The Wall …
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Asian economies continue to grow outpacing the economic growth of developed world making a compelling case for investing in Asia, according to a report by Nikko Asset Management. Asian countries excluding Japan have more than doubled their GDP as a percentage of the world total GDP from 9% in 1998 to more than 20% in 2013. …
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In the past few weeks I wrote a number of bullish articles on European equities. You can find some of them here, here, here and here. Over the weekend The Wall Street Journal published an interesting piece on the same topic. The entire article is worth a read. From the article: The Case of Europe …
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Storm hits Canadian banks: RBC, BMO, TD downgraded as sector faces worst start in 25 years (Financial Post). Also checkout Canadian Bank Stocks Post Worst Start in 25 Years (Bloomberg) Hugh Young: we can hardly find any value in India (Citywire, UK) Guest post: can India repeat China’s ascent? (FT beyondbrics) Too many choices, high costs and bureaucracy: British …
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