The Greek debt drama is taking center stage again in recent weeks. A few years ago it appeared that the Greek story was dead once and for all. Alas. That did not happen.Every few years the tiny poorest country in developed Europe appears to rear its ugly head again on the international arena. It is …
The following is a list of ten foreign stocks with current dividend yields of more than 5%: 1.Company: Westpac Banking Corp (WBK) Current Dividend Yield: 5.56% Sector:Banking Country: Australia 2.Company: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Current Dividend Yield: 5.64% Sector: Pharma Country: UK 3.Company: NTT Docomo Inc (DCM) Current Dividend Yield: 5.08% Sector: Wireless Telecom Country: Japan 4.Company: Banco Latinoamericano de …
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One of the issues that long-term investors may consider is if they should invest in stocks of hi-tech companies. This group includes firms that became public in the past few years , freshly-minted IPOs and well established or mature firms. An example for each of this category can be Facebook(FB), Box Inc(BOX) and Cisco (CSCO). To answer my title …
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Asia is a fertile region for dividend hunters. Many companies in the region have high dividend payouts and have stable but steady growth too. Some countries such as South Korea and India are not great for dividend stocks but others such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, Singapore, etc. have many companies that are consistent dividend payers and …
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