This book repeatedly stresses the importance of understanding the largest Materials firms given the sector’s concentration (outlined in Chapter 4). For your reference, the following tables outline the largest Materials firms in the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) by industry as of December 31, 2007. The MSCI ACWI is one of the broadest indexes available—nearly all the world’s largest Materials firms are included.

Table B.1 Metals & Mining

Source: Thomson Datastream; MSCI, Inc.¹ as of 12/31/07.

Table B.2 Chemicals

Source: Thomson Datastream; MSCI, Inc.² as of 12/31/07.

Table B.3 Construction Materials

Source: Thomson Datastream; MSCI, Inc.³ as of 12/31/07.

Table B.4 Paper & Forest Products

Source: Thomson Datastream; MSCI, Inc.⁴ as of 12/31/07.

Table B.5 Containers & Packaging

Source: Thomson Datastream; MSCI, Inc.⁵ as of 12/31/07.