Asian stocks have not significantly outperformed other major global indices during the past three to four years. The MSCI Asia ex-Japan index has mostly went sideways during the period. Click to enlarge According to a report by CIBC World Markets, Asian equities are well positioned to post solid returns in 2014. Some of the …
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Dividend payout ratios are higher in the Asia-Pacific(excluding Japan) region than in the U.S. Historically Asian firms have paid out more in dividends than their U.S. peers. The graph below shows the dividend payout ratio in the Asia Pacific region and the S&P 500 by year: Click to enlarge Source: High Dividend Investing – East Side Story, Nikko …
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The current dividend yield on the S&P is 2.30% as of Dec 20, 2013. Compared to this low yield, some markets in the Asia Pacific region have higher yields while others have similar low yields. The dividend yields of select Asian countries according to data from Financial Times are listed below: Australia – 4.1% China – …
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Some investors tend to invest in equities primarily for price appreciation. They ignore dividends or consider dividends to be of low to no significance. However the strategy of ignoring dividends and concentrating purely on share price growth may not work all the time. This is especially true during times of economic uncertainty or recessions. Dividends …
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