Top Dividend Stocks of Americas,Europe and Asia-Pacific
The Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 Index tracks the high-dividend-yielding companies in the Dow Jones STOXX Global 1800 Index that includes the Americas,Europe and Asia-Pacific. The 100 components in the index contains 40 stocks for the Americas and 30 each for Europe and Asia-Pacific.
The Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 Index Components:
| Company | Country | Ticker | Dividend Yield (as of Nov 11,2008) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLIED IRISH BANKS | Ireland | AIB | 18.20% |
| Altria Group Inc. | USA | MO | 7.12% |
| Amlin | UK | ||
| AT&T Inc. | USA | T | 5.93% |
| Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd | Australia | ANZBY | 8.57% |
| Bank of America Corp. | USA | BAC | 6.25% |
| Bank of East Asia Ltd. | Hong Kong | ||
| BANK OF IRELAND | Ireland | IRE | 54.42% |
| Bank of Montreal | Canada | BMO | 7.84% |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | Canada | BNS | 5.94% |
| BB&T Corp. | USA | BBT | 5.88% |
| BELGACOM | Belgium | ||
| BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd. | Hong Kong | ||
| BRIT INSURANCE HLDG | UK | ||
| Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Canada | CM | 7.50% |
| CapitaMall Trust Management Ltd. | Singapore | ||
| CATTLES | UK | ||
| CIBA HLDG | Switzerland | ||
| Cincinnati Financial Corp. | USA | CINF | 6.08% |
| CITIC Pacific Ltd. | Hong Kong | ||
| Citigroup Inc. | USA | C | 5.41% |
| CLP Holdings Ltd. | Hong Kong | ||
| Comerica Inc. | USA | CMA | 5.38% |
| Consolidated Edison Inc. | USA | ED | 5.55% |
| Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd. | Australia | ||
| CREDIT AGRICOLE | France | ||
| D-S NORDEN | Denmark | ||
| DBS Group Holdings Ltd. | Singapore | DBSDY | 7.34% |
| DEUTSCHE BANK | Germany | DB | 11.54% |
| DEUTSCHE TELEKOM | Germany | DT | 8.05% |
| DNB NOR | Norway | ||
| Dow Chemical Co. | USA | DOW | 6.93% |
| DSG INTERNATIONAL | UK | ||
| DTE Energy Co. | USA | DTE | 5.59% |
| Duke Energy Corp. | USA | DUK | 5.66% |
| Enbridge Inc. | Canada | ENB | 3.85% |
| FirstEnergy Corp. | USA | FE | 4.00% |
| Fletcher Building Ltd. | New Zealand | ||
| FRANCE TELECOM | France | FTE | 3.26% |
| Gannett Co. Inc. | USA | GCI | 15.19% |
| GPT Group | Australia | ||
| Hongkong Electric Holdings Ltd. | Hong Kong | ||
| Huntington Bancshares Inc. | USA | HBAN | 5.59% |
| IGM Financial Inc. | Canada | ||
| ING Industrial Fund | Australia | ||
| Insurance Australia Group Ltd. | Australia | ||
| IRISH LIFE & PERMANENT | Ireland | ||
| KeyCorp | USA | KEY | 6.67% |
| LLOYDS TSB GRP | UK | LYG | 12.75% |
| Macquarie Airports | Australia | ||
| Macquarie CountryWide Trust | Australia | ||
| Macquarie Office Trust | Australia | ||
| Marshall & Ilsley Corp | USA | MI | 7.70% |
| Merck & Co. Inc. | USA | MRK | 5.30% |
| National Australia Bank Ltd. | Australia | NABZY | 8.63% |
| National Bank of Canada | Canada | ||
| New York Community Bancorp Inc. | USA | NYB | 7.36% |
| Nippon Building Fund Inc. | Japan | ||
| NKT HLDG | Denmark | ||
| NORSK HYDRO | Norway | NHYDY | 26.11% |
| Pepco Holdings Inc. | USA | POM | 5.99% |
| PERSIMMON | UK | ||
| Pfizer Inc. | USA | PFE | 7.59% |
| PNC Financial Services Group Inc. | USA | PNC | 3.92% |
| Progress Energy Inc. | USA | PGN | 6.22% |
| PROVIDENT FINANCIAL | UK | ||
| Regions Financial Corp. | USA | RF | 3.65% |
| Royal Bank of Canada | Canada | RY | 5.03% |
| RWE ESSEN PREF | Germany | RWEOY | 5.87% |
| Shinkin Central Bank | Japan | ||
| Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. | Japan | ||
| Singapore Airlines Ltd. | Singapore | ||
| Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. | Singapore | ||
| Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. | Singapore | ||
| Southern Copper Corp. | USA | PCU | 9.40% |
| STATOILHYDRO | Norway | STO | 4.13% |
| Suncorp-Metway Ltd. | Australia | ||
| SunTrust Banks Inc. | USA | STI | 4.13% |
| SWISSCOM | Switzerland | SCMWY | 5.85% |
| Takefuji Corp. | Japan | ||
| TELEKOM AUSTRIA | Austria | TKAGY | 9.03% |
| Television Broadcasts Ltd. | Hong Kong | ||
| TELUS Corp. | Canada | TU | 6.12% |
| TOMKINS | UK | TKS | 11.43% |
| TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. | Japan | ||
| Toronto-Dominion Bank | Canada | TD | 5.05% |
| TransCanada Corp. | Canada | TRP | 4.81% |
| TRINITY MIRROR | UK | ||
| U.S. Bancorp | USA | USB | 6.25% |
| United Overseas Bank Ltd. | Singapore | UOVEY | 3.24% |
| UNITED UTILITIES GRP | UK | UUGRY | 14.05% |
| UST Inc. | USA | UST | 3.68% |
| Valad Property Group | Australia | ||
| Venture Corp. Ltd. | Singapore | ||
| Verizon Communications Inc. | USA | VZ | 6.12% |
| VOESTALPINE | Austria | ||
| Weyerhaeuser Co. | USA | WY | 7.33% |
| WIENERBERGER | Austria | ||
| Zions Bancorp | USA | ZION | 3.29% |
| ZURICH FINANCIAL SERVICES | Switzerland | ZFSVY | 7.24% |
| Source: www.topforeignstocks.com |
Note: A ticker is included for components listed in the US markets
Some Observations:
1.All the top 5 Canadian banks are in this list.
2.While many of the components in the index are banks, stocks from other sectors like utilities,energy, telecom are included as well.
3.Among the Asia-Pacific countries Australian and Singapore stocks seem to be pay high dividends than Japan and other countries.
4.Thirty out of the 40 components for Americas are stocks of US companies.
The above yield data is thought to be accurate.Please do your own research before making any investment decisions.
Disclosure: Long many stocks in the above list.
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