Why These Top Global Brands Might Belong in Your Portfolio

Brand matters. Both for shoppers and investors.

If you're an investor looking for help in sussing out strong brands, look no further than Interbrand, which has been ranking corporate giants by assigning a value to their brand for 18 years. It's found the big names typically outperform leading indexes, such as the MSCI World Index, a broad global equity benchmark that covers the performance of more than 1,600 large- and mid-cap securities across 23 developed-market countries.

Below are the 10 largest brands that don't call the U.S. home, the companies' rank on the latest list, and Interbrand's assessment of "brand value."

Source: Fool.com