And the Winners & Losers in the Current Global Banking Crisis Are…

The global market turmoil in the European Union with Greece, Spain and Italy and the slowing growth in China and other Asian markets has been monopolizing the headlines lately….You could very well have the attitude that it doesn’t directly affect you. Like it or not, however, the United States is tied to other economies….and, since the financial markets facilitate trade and business all over the world, problems in other countries can severely impact your investments, your job and even how much you pay for everyday items. Therefore, you cannot afford to ignore the health or strength of other countries’ financial systems and their banks. [Let’s take a look.] Gene Kirsch > www.moneyandmarkets.com

Lorimer Wilson, editor of www.munKNEE.com (Your Key to Making Money!), may have edited the article below to some degree for length and clarity – see Editor’s Note at the bottom of the page for details. This paragraph must be included in any article re-posting to avoid copyright infringement.

Kirsch goes on to say, in edited excerpts from his original* article:

You can clearly see that in the list below showing our top 10 largest trading partners (total trade for all goods — through April 2012).

 

In response to demand for more international news on global banks and our successful launch of Sovereign Debt Ratings last spring, we launched Weiss Global Bank Ratings this year to identify the winners and losers in the great global banking crisis taking place right now.

This proprietary service by Weiss Ratings gives our global bank ratings on the 200 largest publicly traded bank holding companies in the world, including 16 in the United States.

Of the U.S. top 10 trading partners noted above, six of the nine regions are represented in the global ratings. Thus, you’ll have the importance of those ratings to our economy.

In total, the Weiss Global Bank Ratings are represented by 43 countries and nine regions including the European Union, euro zone and non-European Union regions in Europe. Of the countries with at least two rated banks, the top five and bottom five countries are:

Two of the 10 top trading partners are on the top/bottom lists noted above. U.S. banks rank as the 13th-strongest based on its 16 largest banks that made the list.

While some minor differences do exist between the global banks’ ratings and the domestic U.S. banks’, the ratings are based on a similar model format consisting of five weighted indexes: Capital, Asset Quality, Profitability, Liquidity and Stability.

The global model rates the entire holding company, which may consist of several related bank entities in many different countries, while our domestic bank ratings are based on the individual banking entity or operating company. Thus, some similar bank names in the U.S., like JPMorgan Chase or Bank of America, may have different ratings in each model.

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Listed below are the top five and bottom five banks as rated in our global bank model; including country of origin, their stock ticker symbol (U.S. and foreign markets), current stock price and one-year rate of return:

Five Healthiest Global Banks

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Five Weakest Global Banks

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The tables above give a sample of the correlation of financial strength rating and the one-year stock return so this tool could give you a good idea of where to invest, and what to avoid!

*http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/why-you-cannot-ignore-the-rest-of-the-world-49891?FIELD9=2  (To access the above article please copy the URL and paste it into your browser.)