Dividend payout ratios are higher in the Asia-Pacific(excluding Japan) region than in the U.S. Historically Asian firms have paid out more in dividends than their U.S. peers. The graph below shows the dividend payout ratio in the Asia Pacific region and the S&P 500 by year: Click to enlarge Source: High Dividend Investing – East Side Story, Nikko …
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The current dividend yield on the S&P is 2.30% as of Dec 20, 2013. Compared to this low yield, some markets in the Asia Pacific region have higher yields while others have similar low yields. The dividend yields of select Asian countries according to data from Financial Times are listed below: Australia – 4.1% China – …
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Some investors tend to invest in equities primarily for price appreciation. They ignore dividends or consider dividends to be of low to no significance. However the strategy of ignoring dividends and concentrating purely on share price growth may not work all the time. This is especially true during times of economic uncertainty or recessions. Dividends …
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One of the ways to gain exposure to emerging markets is to invest in developed world companies that have a significant presence in emerging markets. Among the developed world companies, many large-cap European firms have big operations in emerging markets and derive a large portion of their revenue from those markets. Hence by investing in …
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Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk (NVO) announced a stock split in the ratio of 5:1 on its ADRs recently. The effective date of the split is Jan 9, 2014 and the record date is Jan 3, 2014. From the company’s press release: On 2 January 2014, the Novo Nordisk A/S B shares traded on NASDAQ OMX …