The following five European stocks trading as ADRs in the US markets currently have dividend yields of more than 5%: 1. Company: Reed Elsevier NV(ENL) Sector: Printing & Publishing Country: The Netherlands Current Dividend Yield: 6.91% 2. Company: Magyar Telekom Nyrt (MTA) Sector: Telecom Services Country: Hungary Current Dividend Yield: 10.61% 3. Company: Repsol YPF …

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U.S. stocks generally have lower dividend yields than foreign stocks. For example, the current yield of the S&P 500 is 2.14%. Compared to this many foreign markets have much higher yields. In 2009, U.S. stocks paid 1.93%. Among the large 20 countries by market capitalization only Russia, India and Korea had lower yields than the …

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The S&P 400 MidCap Index measures the performance of U.S. mid-size companies with market caps from about $2billion to $10 billion. The stocks in this index are selected based on market cap, liquidity and industry representation. In terms of performance the index is up 7.3% YTD. The annualized 5-year return is 5.4%. The average market …

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The S&P SmallCap 600 Index covers approximately 3% of the domestic equities market.The constituents of this index are selected based on market capitalization and other criteria to ensure they are investable and financially viable. Since the small cap universe is made of up of stocks that are known for poor trading liquidity and financial instability, …

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