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Strategies & Market Trends : Roger's 1998 Short Picks -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Pancho Villa who wrote (6263)	4/6/1998 11:44:00 AM
From: RealMuLan	Respond to of 18691

Anybody read this week's Fortune magazine? Here is the link. Basically, it said the total profit for Fortune 500 companies has been up only 7.8%, comparing with an increase of 23.3% in 1996. So where is the higher productivity Mr. Greenspan talked about? pathfinder.com

To: Pancho Villa who wrote (6263)	4/6/1998 11:50:00 AM
From: Market Tracker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18691

Some market caps from Reuters - LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - The proposed merger of Travelers Group Inc <TRV.N> and Citicorp <CCI.N>, announced on Monday, would create the largest corporation in the world in terms of assets and the biggest listed financial services group in terms of market capitalisation, according to data from Reuters Securities 3000. The merger, if approved would also put the combined group in the top seven listed companies worldwide in terms of market capitalisation. FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUPS MARKET CAP($US BLN) 1. Travelers/Citicorp $135.961 bln 2. Fannie Mae $ 70.225 bln 3. ING Groep N.V. $ 57.658 bln 4. American Express Co $ 46.013 bln 5. Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter $ 44.932 bln 6. Freddie Mac $ 34.012 bln 7. Merrill Lynch & Co Inc $ 29.329 bln (NOTE: Above table is based on closing share prices on Friday, April 3. - Source: Reuters Securities 3000)--Does not include Goldman Sachs & Co which is currently a partnership and not listed. Financial Services groups as defined in Reuters Securities 3000 system) TOP SEVEN GLOBAL COMPANIES COMPANY MARKET CAP($US BLN) 1. General Electric $285.95 bln 2. Microsoft Corp $227.46 bln 3. Royal Dutch/Shell UK $199.91 bln 4. Coca Cola $198.79 bln 5. Exxon Corp $169.49 bln 6. Merck & Co $157.50 bln 7. Travelers/Citcorp $135.96 bln (Note: Above table based on closing share prices on 3 April, 1998 - Source: Reuters Securities 3000.) INTERRUPTED REUTERS Rtr 10:37 04-06-98