The ASX Top 20 is comprised of the largest 20 Australian publicly-listed companies by market capitalization. The following table lists these companies with their tickers on the US markets ,if available and the current dividend yields:   Data Sources: Australian Financial Review and Business Spectator Since Australia is a resources-based economy, the top two highly valued companies …

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The Australian economy remained strong during the global financial crisis relative to other developed countries. The IMF has projected Australia’s GDP to grow 3% this year. The country’s economy is closely tied with China’s since Australia is one of the largest commodity exporters to China. As fears of a hard-landing in China turned out to …

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In this post lets take a quick look at Australia’s major trading partners this year. The graph below shows Australia’s export regions: Click to enlarge     The majority (71%) of Australia’s exports goes to East Asia with China, Japan and Korea being the major export markets. Australia’s trade with Asian countries is significantly large …

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The property market in countries like Australia and Canada continue to remain strong despite the global economy mired in recession. Australian housing prices have increased tremendously in recent years. One of the reasons for this growth attributed by experts and others is that demand remains strong due to overseas investors buying up properties. Despite the …

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One of the indices offered by the index provider Russell Investments is the The Russell Australia High Dividend Index. This index is comprised of diversified Australian blue chips that pay high dividends. The average market cap of companies in the index is over $34 billion and the dividend yield of the index is 5.72%. Financials …

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