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British Companies To Pay Higher Dividends This Year

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UK-based Capita Asset Services publishes their Dividend Monitor report forecasting the dividend payments of British firms. According to this year’s report, British firms are projected to payout more than £100.0 billion in dividends over the nesxt 12 months. The top dividend-paying British stocks are shown in the table below: Click to enlarge Source: Thanks for the dividends (& the …

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Performance Comparison: Ecopetrol vs Petrobras

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Oil majors Ecopetrol (EC) of Colombia and Petrobras(PBR) of Brazil are both controlled by the state. In the past 5 years the ADR performance of these companies have diverged significantly as shown in the chart below: Click to enlarge Source: Google Finance Petrobras had a great run in the past. However the stock has performed poorly especially …

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How Big Are Equity Markets In Emerging Countries?

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Stock markets in developing countries are small in terms of market capitalization compared to their peers in the developed world. The latest issue of The Economist has the following graphic on emerging market equities: Click to enlarge Source: Shares in emerging markets Scarce, The Economist It should be noted that only the freely traded shares …

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