The October edition of The Africa Report magazine published the Top 200 banks in Africa for this year. The magazine said the rankings were based on “questionnaires to 665 financial institutions. Their replies are used to create a systematic ranking of Africa’s top 350 banks, based on total assets. We published only the top 200 …
With a mix of developing countries such as China, India, Indonesia and developed countries such as Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, etc. Asian economies are becoming stronger and as a result investor interest is running high for Asian equities. New Asian companies have been listed in the US markets in recent years and still more …
From the March 2009 lows, many stock markets worldwide have rebounded nicely and are now in the positive column for the year. However what about the performance of these markets from their all time highs?. Most global stock markets made their all time highs in 2007 or 2008. From that peak many of them fell …
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The main stock market index the Bombay Sensex is up 79.6% year-to-date. Is this astonishing rise justified by fundamentals in the economy or is the Indian stock market forming another big bubble?. In this post let me present some points to indicate that the stock market in India is in fact forming a bubble that …
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Recently the highly influential AméricaEconomÃa magazine published a list of The Best 25 Banks in Latin America for 2009. This list differs from the earlier list that I posted back in June where I listed the top banks by country in Latin America. The Top 25 Banks in Latin America Click to Expand Source: AméricaEconomÃa …