Unlike many other countries, there are thousands of small community banks in the U.S. These banks have a smaller foot print when compared to the regional or national banks such as Bank of America(BAC), Fifth Third Bank(FITB), U.S. Bank(USB), etc. However they are usually know their customers better and maintain close relationships with the local …
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The S&P 500 Index is the barometer of the U.S. economy since it constitutes 500 leading companies from the leading industries. The top 10 components in the index based on market cap are Exxon Mobil Corp(XOM), Microsoft Corp(MSFT), Apple Inc.(APPL), Procter & Gamble(PG), Johnson & Johnson(JNJ),General Electric Co(GE), International Business Machines Corp(IBM), JP Morgan Chase …
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The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of about 2000 U.S. small cap stocks. The stocks are selected based on market cap and current index membership. The index components are rebalanced annually so that larger stocks do not distort the performance of this pure small cap index. As of December, 2009 the average weighted market …
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Germany tops the list of countries that were ranked based on the Logistics Performance Indicators (LPI) in a recent study titled “Connecting to Compete 2010: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy” by The World Bank. With Europe’s largest economy and centrally located Germany offers a sophisticated logistics network for companies to reach EU’s 500 million …
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According to an article in The Banker magazine, the big four Australian banks have to look outside of Australia for growth.The big four banks in Australia are ANZ (OTC: ANZBY), Commonwealth Bank (OTC:CMWAY), National Australia Bank (OTC:NABZY) and Westpac(WBK). As the domestic market is dominated by these four banks they are more likely to depend …
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