The Top Seven Skincare Companies in the World are shown in the graphic below. France-based L’Oréal S.A. is the world’s top skincare firm with total revenues of about $35.0 billion in 2019. The US companies in the ranking are Procter & Gamble Co (PG), Estée Lauder (EL) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ). Click to enlarge Source: Market Research …
Continue reading ‘The Top Seven Skincare Companies in the World’ »
Italy used to be called “The Sick Man of Europe”. More recently a few years ago during the European Sovereign Debt Crisis Italy was part of the PIIGS countries which represented Portugal, Ireland, Italy , Greece and Spain. Over the long term also, Real Italian GDP Growth has been the slowest among the developed world …
Some of the large companies in the world have partial or major state ownership. Unlike fully publicly-owned firms, these State-Owned Enterprises(SOEs) are subject to high involvement and control of politicians or government bureaucrats. As a result, investors in these SOEs have to keep track of political or policy changes and their impacts on these enterprises. …
Continue reading ‘The Top 50 Non-Financial State-Owned Enterprises’ »
The S&P 500 index closed at 3,841.94 yesterday and is up 2.29% year-to-date on price return basis. The 5-year and 10-year annualized returns are 13.95% and 11.27% respectively. This growth rate is indeed excellent when compared to foreign equity markets. The US market as represented by the S&P 500 has performed very well not just in the …
Continue reading ‘On The Evolution Of The S&P 500 Since Inception’ »