Comparison of Dividend Yields Across 20 Country Indices

The chart below shows the dividend yield across twenty country indices.These countries represent the largest countries based on market capitalization as of 12/31/2009: Click to Enlarge Source: Skloff Financial Group The dividend yield of U.S. stocks remained less than a paltry 2% since 2003. For the years shown, Australian stocks have consistently paid dividends in …

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Review: The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns 2009

Callan Associates has published The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns for 2009. Chart Click to Enlarge Some of the key observations from this chart include: Global stocks rallied about 32% in 2009 while US S&P 500 climbed 26.5% Small caps outperformed large caps for the ninth year out of the past 11 years Fixed …

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