Market Cap

Capitalism - Free-market capitalism 1 Free-market capitalism refers to an economic system where prices for goods and services are set freely by the forces of supply and demand and are allowed to reach their point of equilibrium without intervention by government policy. It typically entails support for highly competitive markets, private ownership of productive enterprises. Laissez- faire is a more extensive form of free-market capitalism where the role of the state is limited to protecting property rights.

Market capitalization 1 'Market capitalization' (or 'market cap') is the total value of the issued share (finance)|shares of a publicly traded company; it is equal to the share price times the number of shares outstanding. As outstanding Share (finance)|stock is bought and sold in public markets, capitalization could be used as a Proxy (statistics)|proxy for the public opinion of a company's net worth and is a determining factor in some forms of stock valuation.

Market capitalization 1 The total market capitalization of all publicly traded companies in the world was US$51.2 trillion in January 2007[ Global stock values top $50 trln: industry data] (Reuters) and rose as high as US$57.5 trillion in May 2008[ exchanges.org/WFE/home.asp?menu=395 WFE Report Generator including report for Domestic Market Capitalization 2008] (World Federation of Exchanges) before dropping below US$50 trillion in August 2008 and slightly above US$40 trillion in September

Market capitalization - Market cap terms 1 The definitions expressed in nominal dollars need to be adjusted over the decades due to inflation, population change, and overall market valuation (for example, $1 billion was a large market cap in 1950, but it is not very large now), and they may be different for different countries

Market capitalization - Related measures 1 Market cap reflects only the equity value of a company. It is important to note that a firm's choice of capital structure has a significant impact on how the total value of a company is allocated between equity and debt. A more comprehensive measure is enterprise value (EV), which includes debt, preferred stock, and other factors. Insurance firms use a value called the embedded value (EV).

List of corporations by market capitalization 1 The following is a 'list of Public company|publicly traded companies having the greatest market capitalization', as well as government-owned corporations by estimated market value. Market capitalization is calculated from the share price (as recorded on selected day) multiplied by the number of shares issued. Figures are converted into USD millions (using rate from selected day) to allow for comparison.

List of corporations by market capitalization - Publicly traded companies 1 All market capitalization figures are in USD millions.

List of corporations by market capitalization - Record market capitalizations 1 21 billion of H Shares were already floated on Hong Kong Stock Exchange.[ ish/ /05/content_ htm Xinhua: PetroChina opens at 48.6 yuan per share in Shanghai debut, up 191%] However market capitalization based on H-shares never reached $500 billion.

List of corporations by market capitalization - Record market capitalizations 1 Adjusting for inflation to 2012, Microsoft's market capitalization would be even higher at $846 billion.[ e-market-value-hits-600b html AP: Apple market value hits $600B]

Real estate development - Top real estate development companies by market capitalization 1 The top companies by market capitalization in the real estate development industry, as of 29 April 2009, are given below.Wikinvest:Real estate development|Real estate development Industry Page, Wikinvest

Cheung Kong Holdings - Cheung Kong Group total market capitalisation 1 The market capitalisation of the Cheung Kong Group's Hong Kong listed companies amounted to HK$815 billion (US$100 billion) as at 15 May The Group operates in 55 countries and employs over 240,000 staff worldwide.

ASEAN Exchanges - Combined market capitalization 1 The combined market capitalisation of ASEAN Exchanges was US$2.1trillion, with over 3,600 listed companies, as at end August exchanges.org/statistics/monthly-reports

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