The production of Crude Oil in the U.S. continues to rise. The explosive growth in the exploration of oil by fracking and other factors have contributed to a resurgence of the country as a major oil producer. U.S. crude oil production continuously rose from 1920 and reached its peak in 1970. After a stead decline …
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Investors looking for dividend income can consider adding foreign dividend stocks. I have written many articles before on why US investors must go overseas hunting for higher dividends. This article is another installment on the same topic. In addition to getting the benefits of portfolio diversification, adding global dividend payers also makes sense for a variety of reasons. …
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The S&P 500 is up by 3.1% year-to-date as of Oct 10th on price basis. Many other developed markets have fared even worse so far this year. The year-to-date return of some of the major markets are listed below: UK’s FTSE100: – 6.1% France’s CAC 40: -5.2% Germany’s DAX Index: -8.0% Australia’s S&P/ASX 200: -3.1% …
In an article last month I discussed about the continued decline in the dividend payout ratio of U.S. stocks. The following chart shows the historical dividend payout ratio of European stocks based on the MSCI Europe Index. This ratio mostly stays about 40% in Europe and is on an upward trend since mid-2011. Click to …
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The S&P 500 is up 3.13% and 4.78% year-to-date in terms of price and total returns respectively. Total return is higher since it includes dividends. The index has given up much of the gains recently from the peak reached earlier this year as markets around the world have become extremely volatile due to a variety of …
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