MARKETS, TRENDS, PRICES

When stock markets surge to their historical peaks, the investors and analysts split into those who cry the market bubles of the past, e.g. the South Sea bubble, 1929, and 2000 and those who forecast continuos long-term growth amid “the new normal”.

#	Company	Country	Ticker	Beta	MCAP, US$ bn
1	Saudi Arabian Oil Company	SA	SAU:2222.SR	0.21	2,141.35
2	Exxon Mobil	US	NYQ:XOM	1.06	411.63
3	Chevron Corporation	US	NYQ:CVX	1.16	273.37
4	Shell	UK	NYQ:SHEL	0.61	214.79
5	PetroChina	CN	PNK:PCCYF	0.89	177.60
6	TotalEnergies	FR	NYQ:TTE	0.86	161.60
7	BP	UK	NYQ:BP	0.63	103.02
8	China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation	CN	HKG:0386.HK	0.83	85.30
9	Marathon Petroleum Corporation	US	NYQ:MPC	1.56	57.49
10	Valero Energy Corporation	US	NQY:VLO	1.56	43.03

Source: Yahoo Finance

#	Company	Country	Ticker	Beta	MCAP, US$ bn
1	BHP Group	AU	NYQ:BHP	0.81	159.38
2	Rio Tinto Group	AU	NYQ:RIO	0.68	115.46
3	Glencore plc	CH	PNK:GLNCY	1.33	71.00
4	Vale S.A.	BR	NYQ:VALE	0.81	66.13
5	Southern Copper Corporation	MX	NYQ:SCCO	1.29	59.33
6	Freeport-McMoRan Inc.	US	NYQ:FCX	2.05	56.27
7	Fortescue Metals Group	AU	PNK:FSUGY	0.95	52.54
8	Newmont Corporation	US	NYQ:NEM	0.43	47.48
9	Zijin Mining Group	CN	PNK:ZIJMF	1.55	43.85
10	Anglo American plc	UK	PNK:NGLOY	1.34	39.14

Source: Yahoo Finance

#	Company	Country	Ticker	Beta	MCAP, US$ bn
1	Nutrien Ltd.	CA	NYQ:NTR	1.01	27.52
2	SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company	SA	SAU:2020.SR	0.34	17.46
3	CF Industries Holdings, Inc.	US	NYQ:CF	0.97	14.58
4	The Mosaic Company	US	NYQ:MOS	1.57	12.06
5	Yara International ASA	NO	PNK:YARIY	0.41	08.66
6	ICL Group Ltd	IL	NYQ:ICL	0.56	06.61
7	OCI N.V.	NL	PNK:OCINF	1.02	04.56
8	Incitec Pivot Limited	AU	PNK:INCZY	0.79	03.74
9	K+S Aktiengesellschaft	DE	FRA:SDF.F	1.00	02.76
10	CVR Partners, LP	US	NYQ:UAN	1.45	00.73

Source: Yahoo Finance