The world’s cheapest airlines were published earlier this year by the Australian travel site Rome2Rio. According to their study, based on average price per kms in US dollars, the cheapest airlines are in Asia. The ranking was topped by Air Asia, Air India Express and Indonesia Air Asia. The World’s Cheapest and Most Expensive Airlines …
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The S&P/ASX 200 is the benchmark index of the Australian equity market. However a better benchmark for the overall Australian market is the S&P/ASX 300 index. It contains the S&P/ASX 200 components and 100 smaller companies. This index accounts for 89% of the Australian equity market as of March, 2018. Capital returns of a stock changes …
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Australia bank stocks have declined sharply in recent months and are now trading at very attractive levels. For example, Westpac(WBK) has plunged from over $30 a share to about $21. With a P/E of just 12 it has a juicy dividend yield of 6.75%. Other major banks have similar figures. So should investors buy Aussie …
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Dividend stocks have declined lately due to rising yields on US treasuries. As income investors can earn higher yields from treasuries income focused equity sectors like utilities, REITs and consumer staples have been less attractive. However a recent note at LeggMason says that investors can hold both treasuries and stocks to take advantage of both …
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The following table shows US companies that have increased their dividends for 50 or more consecutive years: Source: Sure Dividend Download: List of U.S. Stocks with Consecutive Dividend Increases of 50 Years or More(in Excel) Disclosure: No Positions