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10 Foreign Stocks That Offer Attractive Dividend Yields

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American investors looking for income stocks can consider going abroad for investment opportunities. While the US equity market offers decent dividend yields, foreign stocks have better yields. So instead of purely focusing on domestic stocks, adding overseas companies not only provides additional yields but also diversification benefits to a well built portfolio. Though investors are …

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The Callan Periodic Table of Real Estate Investment Returns 1999–2018

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Real Estate is one of the asset classes preferred by income investors. One way to invest in this asset class is via REITs. The following Callan Periodic Table of Real Estate Investment Returns shows various indices within the real estate space from 1999 thru 2018 in the order of performance: Click to enlarge Source: The Periodic Table …

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Concentration Risk is High in Australian Equity Market

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One of the important factors to consider when investing in equity markets is concentration risk. To put in simple terms, if a market is highly concentrated or dominated by a handful of firms then the risk is high and vice versa. This is because high concentration leads to severe declines in a down market. A …

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Why Dividend Reinvestment is Important Even When the Yield is Low

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The current dividend yield of the S&P 500 is 1.90%. The yield has hovered around 2% for many years now. Since the 1990s the dividend yield has declined consistently year over year to reach the current low rates. The following chart shows the dividend yield since 1870: Click to enlarge Source: multipl.com However though the …

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