The S&P 500 and Dow Jones closed at all-time records of 2,078 and 17,959 respectively yesterday.However this is the fifth recovery this year for the S&P 500 according to an article in Bloomberg. From the article: Today’s gains in the S&P 500 completed the fifth recovery this year from a decline of 4 percent or more, just …
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The ING Erasmus Top 100 was published by the Rotterdam School of Management in Dec, 2013. The list comprised of the top 100 non-financial firms ranked by foreign assets. The top 20 firms from the ranking is shown in the table below: Source: ING Erasmus 100,Rotterdam School of Management, ING Economics Department, December 2013 The U.S. had the most number …
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Some of the multinational firms derive a very high percentage of sales relative to total sales from countries outside of their home countries.Ten such firms from the ING Erasmus 100 Top International Firms published in Dec 2013 are listed below: Source: ING Erasmus 100,Rotterdam School of Management, ING Economics Department, December 2013 Pharmaceutical companies dominate the list with Swiss-based Roche …
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Oil prices have been stable up until recently at around $110 price per barrel and $100 seemed to be the floor.However since mid-June this year prices have plunged dramatically to below $60 per barrel. On Friday Brent crude oil closed at $61.38 for February, 2015 delivery on the NYMEX. There are many ways to profit …
The stock market capitalization of the Russian is small compared to the U.S. market. The total market cap of the US market is in the Trillions of dollars while the Russian market is just a couple of hundred billion dollars. Back in January The Economist published the following graph showing the market caps of select …
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