Many U.S. companies hold billions of cash and cash equivalents on their balance sheets. A report in The Wall Street Journal in June of last year noted that non-financial companies hoarded an astonishing $1.84 trillion in cash and other liquid assets as of first quarter, 2010. Some of these companies have put their cash to …
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The S&P Dividend Aristocrats indices constitute stocks that have increased dividends for many consecutive years. For example, the S&P 500® Dividend Aristocrats measures the performance of large-cap blue chip companies in the S&P 500 that have followed a policy of increasing dividends for at least 25 consecutive years. So investors looking to add dividend stocks …
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Some of the foreign electric utilities trading on the OTC markets as sponsored ADRs are listed below with their current dividend yields: 1.Company:AES Tiete (AESAY) Current Dividend Yield: 10.14% Country: Brazil 2.Company:Centrais Elet. de Santa Catarina-Celesc (CEDWY) Current Dividend Yield: 5.67% Country: Brazil 3.Company:CLP Holdings (CLPHY) Current Dividend Yield: 3.47% Country: Hong Kong 4.Company:Comp. de …
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The table below lists the World’s Safest Banks 2011 in Asia as ranked by Global Finance magazine in a recent report: [TABLE=1037] Source: Global Finance Singapore banks DBS Group Holdings Ltd (DBSDY) and United Overseas Bank Ltd (UOVEY) have dividend yields of over 5% now. Disclosure: No positions
Brazilian stocks have been hit hard in recent months as investors have become increasingly worried about many economic factors including inflation, over-heating of the economy, commodity price volatility, buildup of a credit bubble, etc. Some of the reasons for this fear are well-founded as confirmed by the following data: Growth of credit in the last …
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