Top 50 by Market Cap for 3/16/12

Welcome to the Top 50 by Market Cap list! These are the top 50 companies in the world by Market Capitalization, and each of them has been given a Rupert's Rank.

These ranks are:

• Star Buy - High risk stocks expected to gain 20%+ in 1 year. 
• Platinum Buy - Medium-High risk stocks expected to gain between 15-20% in 1 year. 
• Gold Buy - Medium risk stocks expected to gain between 10-15% in 1 year. 
• Silver Buy - Medium-Low risk stocks expected to gain between 5-10% in 1 year.
• Bronze Buy - Low risk stocks expected to gain between 0-5% in 1 year.
• Investigate if Held (IIH) - Stocks expected to lose value in 1 year.

Enjoy!

Rank	Company name	Symbol	Last price	EPS	P/E ratio	Market Cap
Star	Apple Inc.	AAPL	585.57	35.11	16.68	545.97B
Silver	Exxon Mobil Corporation	XOM	86.44	8.42	10.27	407.41B
Platinum	Microsoft Corporation	MSFT	32.6	2.76	11.8	273.54B
Silver	PetroChina Company Limited (ADR)	PTR	147.84	12.32	12	270.58B
Gold	International Business Machines Corp.	IBM	206.01	13.08	15.75	238.70B
Silver	Chevron Corporation	CVX	110.28	13.44	8.21	218.02B
Silver	China Mobile Ltd. (ADR)	CHL	53.56	4.9	10.93	215.08B
Silver	General Electric Company	GE	20.2	1.23	16.49	213.74B
Gold	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	WMT	60.84	4.54	13.39	208.36B
Star	Google Inc	GOOG	625.04	29.75	21.01	203.22B
Silver	Berkshire Hathaway Inc.	BRK.A	122,190.00	6,214.63	19.66	202.16B
Bronze	AT&T Inc.	T	31.59	0.66	47.8	187.29B
Bronze	The Procter & Gamble Company	PG	67.25	3.4	19.78	185.23B
IIH	Petroleo Brasileiro SA (ADR)	PBR	27.81	3.52	7.91	181.38B
Bronze	Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	65.12	3.48	18.7	178.76B
Platinum	Wells Fargo & Company	WFC	33.89	2.82	12.01	178.71B
Gold	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	JPM	44.57	4.47	9.98	170.14B
Silver	Pfizer Inc.	PFE	21.94	1.1	19.88	165.40B
Bronze	HSBC Holdings plc (ADR)	HBC	45.87	4.53	10.13	164.81B
Bronze	The Coca-Cola Company	KO	70.16	3.69	19.03	158.79B
Bronze	Oracle Corporation	ORCL	29.74	1.82	16.36	149.47B
Gold	BP plc (ADR)	BP	46.83	8.07	5.8	148.13B
Star	Intel Corporation	INTC	27.73	2.4	11.57	138.54B
Gold	Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB (ADR)	FMX	75.02	0.41	181.56	134.22B
Silver	Toyota Motor Corporation (ADR)	TM	85.4	1.44	59.43	133.89B
IIH	Novartis AG (ADR)	NVS	54.79	3.8	14.4	131.86B
Star	Companhia de Bebidas das Americas (ADR)	ABV	40.87	1.54	26.59	127.39B
Silver	TOTAL S.A. (ADR)	TOT	55.35	7.16	7.73	124.77B
IIH	Vale (ADR)	VALE	23.76	4.32	5.5	121.11B
IIH	BHP Billiton Limited (ADR)	BHP	74.69	8.49	8.79	119.94B
Silver	Merck & Co., Inc.	MRK	38.03	2.03	18.76	115.76B
Silver	Verizon Communications Inc.	VZ	39.57	0.85	46.73	112.20B
Bronze	Citigroup Inc.	C	36.69	3.59	10.22	107.53B
IIH	Rio Tinto plc (ADR)	RIO	56.82	2.94	19.3	105.18B
Gold	Sanofi SA (ADR)	SNY	38.9	2.83	13.76	102.99B
Bronze	Schlumberger Limited.	SLB	76.76	3.51	21.86	102.38B
Bronze	PepsiCo, Inc.	PEP	64.47	4.03	15.99	101.26B
Gold	British American Tobacco PLC (ADR)	BTI	102.2	4.94	20.67	100.55B
Gold	China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (ADR)	SNP	115.74	13.88	8.34	100.35B
Gold	McDonald's Corporation	MCD	97.66	5.27	18.53	99.47B
Silver	ConocoPhillips	COP	77.18	8.98	8.6	98.77B
Silver	CNOOC Limited (ADR)	CEO	217.86	23.89	9.12	97.32B
Silver	Unilever N.V. (ADR)	UN	34.2	1.93	17.76	96.46B
Silver	Unilever plc (ADR)	UL	33.13	1.93	17.2	93.44B
Gold	Abbott Laboratories	ABT	59.42	3	19.78	93.43B
IIH	Siemens AG (ADR)	SI	104.61	9.5	11.01	91.67B
Gold	Statoil ASA(ADR)	STO	28.08	4.33	6.48	89.54B
Gold	Eni S.p.A. (ADR)	E	48.65	5.01	9.71	88.12B
Star	SAP AG (ADR)	SAP	72	3.81	18.9	85.66B
Silver	Royal Bank of Canada (USA)	RY	58.58	4.36	13.44	84.48B

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