According to an article in the Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 44% of households in the U.S. owned shares of mutual funds in 2009. In Germany, only 9.4% of the population owned mutual fund shares in the first half of 2010. Germans generally tend to be very conservative and avoid the stock markets. Only 6% of Germans directly …
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In an earlier post, we looked at the world’s top diamond producing countries. The table below lists the diamond mining stocks by country: [TABLE=585] Global mining giants BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Anglo American have significant operations in diamond mining as well. Related: The World’s Top 100 Mining Stocks Also Checkout: The World’s Top Diamond-Producing …
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The 10 most profitable publicly-listed Italian companies that appear in the Forbes Global 2000 list for 2010 are listed below: [TABLE=573] Related ETF: iShares MSCI Italy Fund (EWI)
The 10 largest publicly-listed most profitable French companies that appear in the Forbes Global 2000 list for 2010 are listed below: [TABLE=572] Related ETF: iShares MSCI The France (EWQ)
The 10 largest publicly-listed Norwegian companies based on sales for 2009 that appear in the Forbes Global 2000 list for 2010 are listed below: [TABLE=574]