Countries are Vulnerable To a China Slowdown: An Update

Posted by David Hunkar on 16 May 2013, 4:21 am

Last December I wrote an article about the countries that are vulnerable due to a slowdown in the Chinese economy. The latest edition of Bloomberg BusinessWeek has a short article discussing the same topic:

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Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek

It is interesting that the tiny city state of Singapore appears in the above list. Though the country does not any natural resources that China needs, it is a major manufacturing center for electronic goods. It is also a main trading hub due its port and location.

Performance Comparison of Two Singapore Bank Stocks

Posted by David Hunkar on 15 May 2013, 7:02 am

Two Singapore banks DBS Group Holdings Ltd and United Overseas Bank Ltd trade on the OTC markets. Here is a chart showing the 5-year and long-term return of these banks:

5-Year Return:

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Long-term Return:

Source: Yahoo Finance

1.Company: DBS Group Holdings Ltd (DBSDY)
Current Dividend Yield: 3.17%
Market Cap: $34.7 B

2.Company: United Overseas Bank Ltd (UOVEY)
Current Dividend Yield: 3.20%
Market Cap: $27.9 B

While recently DBS has performed well, in the long run United Overseas has performed better.

Disclosure: No Positions

The Largest British Companies By Revenue 2012

Posted by David Hunkar on 14 May 2013, 6:00 pm

The largest British firms by revenues from the Fortune Global 500 list for 2012 are listed below:

Country Rank	Company	Global Rank	City	Revenues($ millions)
1	BP	4	London	386,463
2	HSBC Holdings	53	London	110,141
3	Tesco	59	Cheshunt	103,839
4	Vodafone Group	105	Newbury	74,051
5	Barclays	121	London	68,950
6	Lloyds Banking Group	131	London	67,048
7	Royal Bank of Scotland Group	143	Edinburgh	62,798
8	Aviva	148	London	61,754
9	Rio Tinto Group	153	London	60,537
10	Prudential	162	London	58,527
11	SSE	189	Perth	50,611
12	GlaxoSmithKline	231	Brentford	43,907
13	Centrica	288	Windsor	36,860
14	J. Sainsbury	302	London	35,567
15	AstraZeneca	331	London	33,591
16	BT Group	358	London	30,734
17	Anglo American	360	London	30,580
18	Legal & General Group	373	London	29,366
19	BAE Systems	386	London	28,624
20	Wm. Morrison Supermarkets	392	Bradford	28,276
21	Compass Group	432	Chertsey	25,418
22	British American Tobacco	445	London	24,688
23	Standard Chartered Group	448	London	24,488
24	Imperial Tobacco Group	452	Bristol	24,379
25	International Airlines Group	494	Hounslow	22,390
26	National Grid	499	London	22,067

Source: Fortune Global 500, Fortune

Related ETF:

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU)

Disclosure: No Positions

A Review of Fortune 500 List for 2013

Posted by David Hunkar on 14 May 2013, 12:41 am

Last week the Fortune magazine published its Fortune 500 list of companies for this year. The world’s largest retailer Wal-Mart Stores(WMT) topped the ranking with a revenue of over $469.0 billion last year. The next three spots were taken by oil companies – Exxon Mobil(XOM), Chevron (CVX) and Philips 66 (PSX).

The following table shows the full Fortune 500 list for 2013:

Rank	Company	Revenues (in $ billion)	Profits (in $million)
1	Wal-Mart Stores	469.2	16,999
2	Exxon Mobil	449.9	44,880
3	Chevron	233.9	26,179
4	Phillips	66169.6	4,124
5	Berkshire Hathaway	162.5	14,824
6	Apple	156.5	41,733
7	General Motors	152.3	6,188
8	General Electric	146.9	13,641
9	Valero Energy	138.3	2,083
10	Ford Motor	134.3	5,665
11	AT&T	127.4	7,264
12	Fannie Mae	127.2	17,220
13	CVS Caremark	123.1	3,876.90
14	McKesson	122.7	1,403
15	Hewlett-Packard	120.4	-12,650
16	Verizon Communications	115.8	875
17	UnitedHealth Group	110.6	5,526
18	J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.	108.2	21,284
19	Cardinal Health	107.6	1,069
20	International Business Machines	104.5	16,604
21	Bank of America Corp.	100.1	4,188
22	Costco Wholesale	99.1	1,709
23	Kroger	96.8	1,496.50
24	Express Scripts Holding	94.4	1,312.90
25	Wells Fargo	91.2	18,897
26	Citigroup	90.8	7,541
27	Archer Daniels Midland	89	1,223
28	Procter & Gamble	85.1	10,756
29	Prudential Financial	84.8	469
30	Boeing	81.7	3,900
31	Freddie Mac	80.6	10,982
32	AmerisourceBergen	79.7	719
33	Marathon Petroleum	76.8	3,389
34	Home Depot	74.8	4,535
35	Microsoft	73.7	16,978
36	Target	73.3	2,999
37	Walgreen	71.6	2,127
38	American International Group	70.1	3,438
39	INTL FCStone	69.3	15
40	MetLife	68.2	1,324
41	Johnson & Johnson	67.2	10,853
42	Caterpillar	65.9	5,681
43	PepsiCo	65.5	6,178
44	State Farm Insurance Cos.	65.3	3,159.20
45	ConocoPhillips	63.4	8,428
46	Comcast	62.6	6,203
47	WellPoint	61.7	2,655.50
48	Pfizer	61.2	14,570
49	Amazon.com	61.1	-39
50	United Technologies	59.8	5,130
51	Dell	56.9	2,372
52	Dow Chemical	56.8	1,182
53	United Parcel Service	54.1	807
54	Intel	53.3	11,005
55	Google	52.2	10,737
56	Lowes	50.5	1,959
57	Coca-Cola	48	9,019
58	Merck	47.3	6,168
59	Lockheed Martin	47.2	2,745
60	Cisco Systems	46.1	8,041
61	Best Buy	45.1	-441
62	Safeway	44.2	596.5
63	FedEx	42.7	2,032
64	Enterprise Products Partners	42.6	2,419.90
65	Sysco	42.4	1,121.60
66	Walt Disney	42.3	5,682
67	Johnson Controls	42	1,226
68	Goldman Sachs Group	41.7	7,475
69	CHS	40.6	1,260.60
70	Abbott Laboratories	39.9	5,962.90
71	Sears Holdings	39.9	-930
72	DuPont	39.5	2,788
73	Humana	39.1	1,222
74	World Fuel Services	38.9	189.3
75	Hess	38.4	2,025
76	Ingram Micro	37.8	305.9
77	Plains All American Pipeline	37.8	1,094
78	Honeywell International	37.7	2,926
79	United Continental Holdings	37.2	-723
80	Oracle	37.1	9,981
81	Liberty Mutual Insurance Group	36.9	829
82	HCA Holdings	36.8	1,605
83	Delta Air Lines	36.7	1,009
84	Aetna	36.6	1,657.90
85	Deere	36.2	3,064.70
86	Supervalu	36.1	-1,040
87	Sprint Nextel	35.3	-4,326
88	Mondelez International	35	3,028
89	New York Life Insurance	34.3	1,333.20
90	American Express	33.8	4,482
91	News Corp.	33.7	1,179
92	Allstate	33.3	2,306
93	Tyson Foods	33.3	583
94	Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance	32.9	1,114.60
95	Tesoro	32.5	743
96	Morgan Stanley	32.4	68
97	TIAA-CREF	32.2	2,060
98	General Dynamics	31.5	-332
99	Philip Morris International	31.4	8,800
100	Nationwide	30.4	748.5
101	3M	29.9	4,444
102	DirecTV	29.7	2,949
103	Cigna	29.1	1,623
104	Murphy Oil	28.8	970.9
105	Time Warner	28.7	3,019
106	Halliburton	28.5	2,635
107	International Paper	27.8	794
108	Publix Super Markets	27.7	1,552.30
109	Macys	27.7	1,335
110	Fluor	27.6	456.3
111	McDonalds	27.6	5,464.80
112	Hartford Financial Services Group	26.4	-38
113	Rite Aid	26.1	-368.6
114	Northwestern Mutual	26	783
115	TJX	25.9	1,906.70
116	Travelers Cos.	25.7	2,473
117	Avnet	25.7	567
118	Aflac	25.4	2,866
119	Tech Data	25.4	214.6
120	Northrop Grumman	25.2	1,978
121	AMR	24.9	-1,876
122	Staples	24.7	-210.7
123	Emerson Electric	24.5	1,968
124	Raytheon	24.4	1,888
125	Occidental Petroleum	24.3	4,598
126	Nike	24.1	2,223
127	Capital One Financial	23.8	3,517
128	Alcoa	23.7	191
129	Exelon	23.5	1,160
130	Eli Lilly	22.6	4,088.60
131	Xerox	22.4	1,195
132	U.S. Bancorp	22.2	5,647
133	EMC	21.7	2,732.60
134	Time Warner Cable	21.4	2,155
135	Baker Hughes	21.4	1,311
136	Kimberly-Clark	21.1	1,750
137	Goodyear Tire & Rubber	21	212
138	Union Pacific	20.9	3,943
139	United Services Automobile Assn.	20.7	2,832.30
140	ManpowerGroup	20.7	197.6
141	Arrow Electronics	20.4	506.3
142	PBF Energy	20.1	2
143	HollyFrontier	20.1	1,727.20
144	National Oilwell Varco	20	2,491
145	Duke Energy	19.6	1,768
146	Nucor	19.4	504.6
147	United States Steel	19.3	-124
148	Kohls	19.3	986
149	Qualcomm	19.1	6,109
150	CenturyLink	18.4	777
151	Kraft Foods Group	18.3	1,642
152	Danaher	18.3	2,392.20
153	AES	18.2	-912
154	Whirlpool	18.1	401
155	Illinois Tool Works	18.1	2,870
156	Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold	18	3,041
157	Global Partners	17.6	45.5
158	Bristol-Myers Squibb	17.6	1,960
159	Altria Group	17.5	4,180
160	Cummins	17.3	1,645
161	Energy Transfer Equity	17.3	302
162	Amgen	17.3	4,345
163	Jabil Circuit	17.2	394.7
164	Southwest Airlines	17.1	421
165	Colgate-Palmolive	17.1	2,472
166	Progressive	17.1	902.3
167	Apache	17.1	2,001
168	Paccar	17.1	1,111.60
169	General Mills	16.7	1,567.30
170	PNC Financial Services Group	16.6	3,013
171	Southern	16.5	2,350
172	Medtronic	16.5	3,617
173	TRW Automotive Holdings	16.4	1,008
174	Marathon Oil	16.2	1,582
175	Dollar General	16	952.7
176	Computer Sciences	15.9	-4,242
177	AutoNation	15.7	316.4
178	Icahn Enterprises	15.7	379
179	Gap	15.7	1,135
180	Bank of New York Mellon Corp.	15.5	2,445
181	FirstEnergy	15.3	770
182	PPG Industries	15.2	941
183	PG&E Corp.	15	816
184	Community Health Systems	15	265.6
185	American Electric Power	14.9	1,259
186	CBS	14.7	1,574
187	Lear	14.6	1,282.80
188	Loews	14.6	568
189	DISH Network	14.3	636.7
190	NextEra Energy	14.3	1,911
191	Omnicom Group	14.2	998.3
192	Kellogg	14.2	961
193	Baxter International	14.2	2,326
194	Land OLakes	14.1	240.4
195	Coventry Health Care	14.1	487.1
196	eBay	14.1	2,609
197	L-3 Communications	14.1	810
198	Viacom	13.9	1,981
199	US Airways Group	13.8	637
200	Waste Management	13.6	817
201	Yum Brands	13.6	1,597
202	Chubb	13.6	1,545
203	Penske Automotive Group	13.6	185.5
204	Toys R Us	13.5	38
205	Aramark	13.5	138.2
206	Monsanto	13.5	2,045
207	Anadarko Petroleum	13.4	2,391
208	Starbucks	13.3	1,383.80
209	ConAgra Foods	13.3	467.9
210	Dominion Resources	13.2	302
211	Parker-Hannifin	13.1	1,151.80
212	Edison International	13.1	-183
213	Smithfield Foods	13.1	361.3
214	Genuine Parts	13	648
215	J.C. Penney	13	-985
216	Navistar International	12.9	-3,010
217	Dean Foods	12.9	158.6
218	Texas Instruments	12.8	1,759
219	Oneok	12.7	360.6
220	Thermo Fisher Scientific	12.7	1,177.90
221	Ally Financial	12.6	1,196
222	Western Digital	12.5	1,612
223	Chesapeake Energy	12.3	-769
224	PPL	12.3	1,526
225	Textron	12.2	589
226	Consolidated Edison	12.2	1,138
227	Nordstrom	12.1	735
228	Marsh & McLennan	11.9	1,176
229	Ecolab	11.8	703.6
230	Marriott International	11.8	571
231	CSX	11.8	1,859
232	Whole Foods Market	11.7	465.6
233	EOG Resources	11.7	570.3
234	H.J. Heinz	11.6	923.2
235	Lincoln National	11.5	1,313
236	Health Net	11.5	122.1
237	C.H. Robinson Worldwide	11.4	593.8
238	Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America	11.3	265.8
239	SunTrust Banks	11.2	1,958
240	SAIC	11.2	525
241	Huntsman	11.2	363
241	Praxair	11.2	1,692
243	Peter Kiewit Sons'	11.2	290
244	Las Vegas Sands	11.1	1,524.10
245	Stanley Black & Decker	11.1	883.8
246	Mosaic	11.1	1,930.20
247	Norfolk Southern	11	1,749
248	URS	11	310.6
249	Jacobs Engineering Group	10.9	379
250	VF	10.9	1,086
251	BB&T Corp.	10.7	1,979
252	Avon Products	10.7	-42.5
253	Office Depot	10.7	-77.1
254	First Data	10.7	-700.9
255	Automatic Data Processing	10.7	1,388.50
256	Liberty Global	10.6	322.8
257	Unum Group	10.5	894.4
258	L Brands	10.5	753
259	CarMax	10.5	413.8
260	Visa	10.4	2,144
261	Entergy	10.3	846.7
262	Synnex	10.3	151.4
263	Ameriprise Financial	10.3	1,029
264	R.R. Donnelley & Sons	10.2	-651.4
265	Kinder Morgan	10.2	315
266	Xcel Energy	10.1	905.2
267	CDW	10.1	119
268	State Street Corp.	10.1	2,061
269	Tenet Healthcare	10.1	152
270	Liberty Interactive	10.1	1,530
271	Genworth Financial	10	323
272	AGCO	10	522.1
273	Air Products & Chemicals	9.9	1,167.30
274	Newmont Mining	9.9	1,809
275	Reinsurance Group of America	9.8	631.9
276	Public Service Enterprise Group	9.8	1,275
277	KKR	9.7	560.8
278	Ross Stores	9.7	786.8
279	Estée Lauder	9.7	856.9
280	Gilead Sciences	9.7	2,591.60
281	Sempra Energy	9.6	859
282	Sherwin-Williams	9.5	631
283	Western Refining	9.5	398.9
284	Devon Energy	9.5	-206
285	Bed Bath & Beyond	9.5	989.5
286	BlackRock	9.3	2,458
287	Family Dollar Stores	9.3	422.2
288	Hillshire Brands	9.3	845
289	Leucadia National	9.3	854.5
290	Principal Financial	9.2	805.9
291	Rock-Tenn	9.2	249.1
292	MGM Resorts International	9.2	-1,767.70
293	Hertz Global Holdings	9	243.1
294	Discover Financial Services	9	2,345
295	W.W. Grainger	9	689.9
296	Henry Schein	8.9	388.1
297	Owens & Minor	8.9	109
298	GameStop	8.9	-269.7
299	DTE Energy	8.8	610
300	Caesars Entertainment	8.8	-1,497.50
301	Ball	8.7	403.5
302	Applied Materials	8.7	109
303	Centene	8.7	1.9
304	Motorola Solutions	8.7	881
305	Stryker	8.7	1,298
306	AutoZone	8.6	930.4
307	Sonic Automotive	8.5	89.1
308	Dover	8.5	811.1
309	Assurant	8.5	483.7
310	Cameron International	8.5	750.5
311	DaVita HealthCare Partners	8.5	536
312	Crown Holdings	8.5	557
313	Reliance Steel & Aluminum	8.4	403.5
314	NRG Energy	8.4	559
315	Peabody Energy	8.3	-585.7
316	Reynolds American	8.3	1,272
317	Autoliv	8.3	483.1
318	Micron Technology	8.2	-1,032
319	Hormel Foods	8.2	500.1
320	AECOM Technology	8.2	-58.6
321	Ashland	8.2	26
322	Oshkosh	8.2	230.8
323	Republic Services	8.1	571.8
324	Eastman Chemical	8.1	437
325	Thrivent Financial for Lutherans	8	487.6
326	Corning	8	1,728
327	Broadcom	8	719
328	Darden Restaurants	8	475.5
329	TravelCenters of America	8	32.2
330	HD Supply	8	-639
331	Spectrum Group International	8	4.1
332	Becton Dickinson	7.9	1,169.90
333	Sealed Air	7.9	-1,410.30
334	KBR	7.9	144
335	Commercial Metals	7.9	207.5
336	Masco	7.8	-114
337	Universal Health Services	7.8	443.4
338	Campbell Soup	7.7	774
339	Coca-Cola Enterprises	7.6	677
340	Charter Communications	7.5	-304
341	Quest Diagnostics	7.5	555.7
342	Williams	7.5	859
343	Group 1 Automotive	7.5	100.2
344	CenterPoint Energy	7.5	417
345	WellCare Health Plans	7.4	184.7
346	Dollar Tree	7.4	619.3
347	Pantry	7.4	-2.5
348	MasterCard	7.4	2,759
349	Tenneco	7.4	275
350	Avis Budget Group	7.4	290
351	Terex	7.3	105.8
352	Cognizant Technology Solutions	7.3	1,051.30
353	Fidelity National Financial	7.3	606.5
354	Steel Dynamics	7.3	163.6
355	Precision Castparts	7.3	1,224.10
356	Dana Holding	7.3	300
357	Boston Scientific	7.2	-4,068
358	BorgWarner	7.2	500.9
359	Visteon	7.2	100
360	Barnes & Noble	7.1	-68.9
361	Fifth Third Bancorp	7.1	1,576
362	Franklin Resources	7.1	1,931.40
363	Weyerhaeuser	7.1	385
364	Owens-Illinois	7	184
365	Alpha Natural Resources	7	-2,437.10
366	Interpublic Group	7	446.7
367	OfficeMax	6.9	416.8
368	Core-Mark Holding	6.9	33.9
369	Pacific Life	6.9	460
370	Ralph Lauren	6.9	681
371	Agilent Technologies	6.9	1,153
372	Dole Food	6.8	-144.5
373	Ameren	6.8	-974
374	Mylan	6.8	640.9
375	Avery Dennison	6.8	215.4
376	Health Management Associates	6.8	164.3
377	PetSmart	6.8	389.5
378	Dillards	6.8	336
379	Symantec	6.7	1,172
380	Huntington Ingalls Industries	6.7	146
381	Enbridge Energy Partners	6.7	493.1
382	Cablevision Systems	6.7	233.5
383	Jarden	6.7	243.9
384	Hershey	6.6	660.9
385	WESCO International	6.6	201.8
386	Ingredion	6.5	427.5
387	CBRE Group	6.5	315.6
388	UGI	6.5	199.4
389	NuStar Energy	6.5	-226.6
390	McGraw-Hill	6.5	437
391	Vanguard Health Systems	6.5	57.3
392	Casey's General Stores	6.5	116.8
393	American Family Insurance Group	6.5	360.5
394	Mutual of Omaha Insurance	6.4	283.8
395	Mattel	6.4	776.5
396	Celanese	6.4	605
397	Quanta Services	6.4	306.6
398	Level 3 Communications	6.4	-422
399	EMCOR Group	6.3	146.6
400	Starwood Hotels & Resorts	6.3	562
401	Regions Financial	6.3	1,120
402	Northeast Utilities	6.3	525.9
403	Rockwell Automation	6.3	737
404	Ryder System	6.3	210
405	Anixter International	6.3	124.8
406	CMS Energy	6.3	382
407	CC Media Holdings	6.2	-424.5
408	NetApp	6.2	605.4
409	Advance Auto Parts	6.2	387.7
410	Kindred Healthcare	6.2	-40.4
411	Seaboard	6.2	282.3
412	OReilly Automotive	6.2	585.7
413	Foot Locker	6.2	397
414	Windstream	6.2	168
415	CH2M Hill	6.2	93
416	Omnicare	6.2	194.9
417	FMC Technologies	6.2	430
418	SLM	6.1	939
419	CF Industries Holdings	6.1	1,848.70
420	Sanmina	6.1	180.2
421	NII Holdings	6.1	-765.2
422	PVH	6	433.8
423	Molina Healthcare	6	9.8
424	Cliffs Natural Resources	6	-899.4
425	General Cable	6	4
426	Shaw Group	6	198.9
427	Dr Pepper Snapple Group	6	629
428	Expeditors International of Washington	6	333.4
429	Harris	6	30.6
430	AK Steel Holding	5.9	-1,027.30
431	SPX	5.9	259.2
432	Actavis	5.9	97.3
433	Newell Rubbermaid	5.9	401.3
434	Fidelity National Information Services	5.9	461.2
435	Targa Resources	5.9	38.1
436	Booz Allen Hamilton Holding	5.9	240
437	Dicks Sporting Goods	5.8	290.7
438	W.R. Berkley	5.8	510.6
439	Live Nation Entertainment	5.8	-163.2
440	Allergan	5.8	1,098.80
441	NCR	5.8	146
442	Mohawk Industries	5.8	250.3
443	Auto-Owners Insurance	5.7	435.6
444	Laboratory Corp. of America	5.7	583.1
445	Western Union	5.7	1,025.90
446	Joy Global	5.7	762
447	Energy Future Holdings	5.6	-3,360
448	MeadWestvaco	5.6	205
449	Harley-Davidson	5.6	623.9
450	Con-way	5.6	104.5
451	MRC Global	5.6	118
452	J.M. Smucker	5.5	459.7
453	Exelis	5.5	330
454	Biogen Idec	5.5	1,380
455	Erie Insurance Group	5.5	160
456	Celgene	5.5	1,456.20
457	St. Jude Medical	5.5	752
458	Domtar	5.5	172
459	Calpine	5.5	199
460	Susser Holdings	5.5	46.7
461	Clorox	5.5	541
462	Kelly Services	5.5	50.1
463	Consol Energy	5.4	388.5
464	Advanced Micro Devices	5.4	-1,183
465	Graybar Electric	5.4	86.3
466	Big Lots	5.4	177.1
467	Gannett	5.4	424.3
468	Telephone & Data Systems	5.3	81.9
469	Host Hotels & Resorts	5.3	61
470	Insight Enterprises	5.3	92.8
471	Western & Southern Financial Group	5.3	137.7
472	Andersons	5.3	79.5
473	Priceline.com	5.3	1,419.60
474	United Natural Foods	5.2	91.3
475	Spectra Energy	5.2	940
476	Owens Corning	5.2	-19
477	Avaya	5.2	-344
47	8Wynn Resorts	5.2	502
479	Bemis	5.1	173.8
480	NiSource	5.1	416.1
481	MetroPCS Communications	5.1	394.2
482	Facebook	5.1	53
483	Pepco Holdings	5.1	285
484	United Stationers	5.1	111.8
485	American Financial Group	5.1	488
486	J.B. Hunt Transport Services	5.1	310.4
487	SanDisk	5.1	417.4
488	Charles Schwab	5	928
489	Pitney Bowes	5	445.2
490	Allegheny Technologies	5	158.4
491	Jones Financial	5	555
492	Frontier Communications	5	136.6
493	Timken	5	495.5
494	Yahoo	5	3,945.50
495	JetBlue Airways	5	128
496	Old Republic International	5	-68.6
497	Simon Property Group	4.9	1,434.50
498	YRC Worldwide	4.9	-140.4
499	CA	4.8	951
500	Nash-Finch	4.8	-93.9

Source: Fortune

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The entire list can be downloaded in Excel format by clicking here.

A few observations:

The revenues of Wal-Mart and Exxon Mobil is almost double that of the third ranked firm Chevron.
Apple’s (APPL) revenue was high enough to earn it the 6th position.
Not all Fortune 500 firms are worth investing in. For example, Best Buy(BBY) stock collapsed with a negative total return of about 47% in 2012.
For years, equity investments in tech giants like Microsoft(MSFT), Cisco(CSCO), Intel (INTC), etc. have been “dead money”.

To download the Fortune 500 lists from 2013 to 1955 in Excel go here.

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The Five Best and Worst Performing Exchange-listed Foreign Bank Stocks YTD

Posted by David Hunkar on 13 May 2013, 5:43 am

The Five Best-Performing Exchange-listed Foreign Bank Stocks are listed below:

1.Company: Bank of Ireland (IRE)
Current Dividend Yield: N/A
YTD Change: 49.08%
Country: Ireland

2.Company: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG)
Current Dividend Yield: 2.66%
YTD Change: 26.70%
Country: Japan

3.Company: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial (MTU)
Current Dividend Yield: 2.21%
YTD Change: 23.62%
Country: Japan

4.Company: Credit Suisse (CS)
Current Dividend Yield: 0.36%
YTD Change:21.46%
Country: Switzerland

5.Company: Westpac Banking (WBK)
Current Dividend Yield: 5.63%
YTD Change: 19.80%
Country: Australia

The Five Worst-Perfroming Exchange-listed Foreign Bank Stocks YTD are listed below:

1.Company: Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
Current Dividend Yield: N/A
YTD Change: -14.09%
Country: UK

2.Company: Banco Macro (BMA)
Current Dividend Yield: N/A
YTD Change: -17.14%
Country: Argentina

3.Company: Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL)
Current Dividend Yield: N/A
YTD Change: -17.37%
Country: Argentina

4.Company: BBVA Banco Frances (BFR)
Current Dividend Yield: N/A
YTD Change: -17.50%
Country: Argentina

5.Company: National Bank of Greece (NBG)
Current Dividend Yield: N/A
YTD Change: -26.82%
Country: Greece

Source: BNY Mellon

Note: Dividend yields noted are as of May 10, 2013. Data is known to be accurate from sources used.Please use your own due diligence before making any investment decisions.

Disclosure: Long BMA

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