When searching for income stocks foreign markets offer many attractive opportunities. Stocks with dividend yields of 3% or more can be found abroad to the 2% for US stocks as represented by the S&P 500. Though many sectors within the S&P 500 such as telecoms have much higher dividend yields, investors looking to diversify and also …
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London-based Lafferty Group released a new ranking of global banks based on a variety of factors. This list has many surprises. Here is a brief description of the methodology used: Using quantitative and qualitative criteria and looking at areas such as strategy, culture, customer care, brand promise and financial performance, Lafferty Group uses the banks’ annual …
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“So far from God and so close to the US” – former Mexican President Porfírio Díaz Mexico’s economy is closely tied to the US. So when US economy is in expansion mode Mexican economy grows and vice versa. Due to the close proximity to the US, Mexico is permanently in a better position in terms …
Dividend yields are generally higher overseas relative to the U.S. market. In the U.S. investors and management tend to prefer high share prices while in other developed economies investors prefer both moderate price appreciation and high dividend payments. The following chart shows the Average Stock Dividend Yields in G-20 countries: Click to enlarge Source: The Dividend Signal Uncovering …
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