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The Largest US Companies By Revenue 2012

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The largest U.S. companies from the Fortune Global 500 list for last year are listed below. These firms were ranked based on their revenues:   Source: Fortune 500, Fortune Of the 500 firms in the list, 132 are from the U.S. Exxon Mobil(XOM) took the top rank followed by Walmart Stores(WMT), Chevron(CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP) and …

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Are Frontier Markets The Next Emerging Markets?

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Frontier markets are the wild west of the investing universe. These markets include countries like Côte d’Ivoire, Kazakhstan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Qatar, Tunisia, etc. The equity markets in some of these countries have performed well in recent years which is attracting investors’ attention. In a recent article I discussed about these markets and suggested that investors should not into …

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Thailand’s SET Index Reached 19-Year High

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The SET index of Thailand equity market reached a 19-year high this week according to an article in The Wall Street Journal.  The Thai bhat also reached its highest level in 5 years. It is interesting that Thailand’s economy is doing so well considering that the country seems to have a shaky political system with …

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Dividend Stocks Return: U.S. vs. Canada, Australia

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The dividend yield of the U.S., Canadian and Australian equity markets as of March 18, 2013 was 2.1%, 3.0% and 4.2% respectively according data provided by The Financial Times.Generally U.S. equities tend to have lower dividend yields than foreign equities. Recently I came across an article by Jonathan Jacob in Canadian Investment Review in which he …

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