A clearing house is an intermediary between buyers and sellers of financial instruments. Further, it is an agency or separate corporation of a futures exchange responsible for settling trading accounts, clearing trades, collecting and maintaining margin monies, regulating delivery, and reporting trading data.
All the world's 10 most valuable companies, including Alphabet, Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT), are based in the U.S., according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Capital IQ based on the S&P Global 1200 index. Alphabet's rise to No. 1 with a market value Tuesday of $554.8 billion is a historic moment.
The World's 25 Most Valuable Companies: Apple Is Now On Top. After briefly surpassing Exxon Mobil during Tuesdayâs trading day as the worldâs most valuable company, Apple took over the number one spot again yesterday and stayed in the lead for the first time at the close of a trading day.