Quick Primer – The Largest Banks Outside US

Let’s take a look at the Largest Banks outside US

• ICBC (China)

• HSBC Holdings(UK)\

• Bank Of China

• Banco Santander

• Mitsubishi UFJ Financial (Japan)

• RBS (UK)

Source : Anatomy of froth

Quick Primer on Top 5 economies

The gross domestic product (GDP) is one the primary indicators used to gauge the health of a country's economy. It represents the total dollar value of all goods and services produced over a specific time period - you can think of it as the size of the economy which indicate a sign of a health economy

Let’s take a look at the Top 5 economies

1. US  - $14 trillion
2. China -  9$ trillion
3. Japan - $4 trillion      
4. India  - $3.5 trillion    
5. Germany - $3 trillion

India is on the 4^th position which is a positive indication regarding the growth of Indian economy.

These are GDP’s numbers at purchasing power parity – a  mechanism of making different countries output comparable. The next five largest economies are UK, Russia, Brazil, & Italy.

Source : Anatomy of Froth by Swapnil Pawar