Archive of entries posted on January 2015

The Dividend Payout Ratio of British Stocks Continues To Rise

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Capita Asset Services of UK published their latest edition of Dividend Monitor report yesterday. They forecast the headline dividend payouts of up to £86.1bn this year. In 2014, UK companies paid out £97.4bn in dividends up 21.0% from the previous year. Some of the key points from the report include: “Special dividends distort true picture as underlying dividends rise …

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One Solid Reason to Invest in European Dividend Stocks

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European firms generally tend to pay a higher portion of their earnings as dividends to shareholders. Unlike US firms they do not target a specific dividend amount or an yield but rather target to payout a specific payout ratio. One reason to invest in European dividend paying stocks is that their average payout ratios are …

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What is the Impact of Lower Crude Oil Prices on Canada

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The Canadian economy will underperform the US economy over the next few years due to the impacts of lower crude oil prices according to a special report by Thomas Julien of Natixis. Here is the summary of the report: The fall in oil prices is likely to result in mixed effects for Canada. On the one …

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