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Market Guide for Investors

              MARKET CAPITALIZATION                  RETURN ON
                  (billions of       P-E RATIO  YIELD   EQUITY
                  U.S. dollars)

1  U.S.            $8,920.6             28       1.4     22.4
2  BRITAIN          1,782.5             24       2.4     33.1
3  JAPAN            1,411.2             55       0.9      6.9
4  GERMANY            906.5             32       1.8     15.9
5  FRANCE             704.4             30       1.9     11.8
6  SWITZERLAND        586.1             13       1.0     15.1
7  NETHERLANDS        523.8             33       1.4     27.7
8  ITALY              370.4             53       1.2     13.9
9  CANADA             294.8             15       1.7     13.6
10 SWEDEN             247.9             48       1.9     21.0

DATA: MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL, BUSINESS WEEK


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