The S&P Total Return Portfolio is designed for the long-term total return. It is comprised of stocks meeting the following criteria: The current yield must be at least equal to or greater than that of the S&P 500 The company must not have cut its regular dividend in the past five years at the time …
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Foreign stocks generally tend to pay higher dividends due to tax policies, a tradition of returning the most profit to investors, etc. While the S&P 500 yields about 2%, many overseas markets have yields in excess of 3%. Hence investors looking for higher yields or diversification may want to consider investing in high-quality foreign stocks …
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****** UPDATE ****: For the 2021 tax rates go to: Dividend Withholding Tax Rates By Country 2021 One of the factors that investors need to consider when investing in foreign stocks is taxes since it reduces the effective rate of return on an investment. Governments of most countries try to recoup millions in taxes from dividends that …
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The table below lists large-cap foreign stocks trading on the NYSE that have dividend yields of over 5% as of January 6, 2011: [TABLE=870] Some observations: Not surprisingly, the majority of the stocks in this list are in the utility sector with Telefonica(TEF) of Spain paying about 8% in dividends. Bell Canada Enterprises(BCE) is the …
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Some foreign large-cap companies trade on the OTC market instead of the organized exchanges. Investors can find well-established companies paying high dividends on these markets. Though trading volumes may be thin, for the average buy-and-hold long-term investor this should not be an issue. To identify some of the high-yielding large cap foreign stocks, I ran …
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