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:

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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.