Foreign stocks generally have high dividend payouts compared to U.S. stocks. Investors looking for dividend income can consider some of the foreign stocks trading as depository receipts in the U.S. To get started, here is a list of ten foreign stocks currently having dividend yields of over 5%: 1.Company: AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) Current Dividend Yield: …
Some of the banks in South Korea are still struggling from bad real-estate loan losses. The country’s Financial Services Commission is considering the creation of a “bad bank” to take on all the non-performing assets currently held by lenders. Of the roughly 100 small savings banks in South Korea, regulators have shut down eight weak …
The huge earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan also dealt a huge blow to the nuclear power industry when the world learned of radiation leaks from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant owned by Tokyo Electric Power Co. Germany ordered safety inspections of its aging plants and temporarily suspended operations of some plants. Despite fears of a …
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India liberalized the airline industry in the early 1990s. After the deregulation the monopoly of the state-owned airlines was eliminated and many new entrants started operations. Since then air travel has increased exponentially as the chart shows below: Click to enlarge Source: CEIC India Data Talk Some of the major airlines currently in operation include …
The chart below shows the estimated U.S. Financial Asset Holdings of BRIC countries: Source:Â Quarterly Update: Foreign Exchange Reserves and U.S. Assets of Brazil, Russia, India, and China, Council on Foreign Relations China tops the group in financing the U.S. The growth in Chinese reserves in 2010 alone exceeds the stocks of reserves of Brazil, …
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