The Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index represents Canada’s leading stocks by dividend stocks. The main features of this index are: Thirty stocks in this index are selected based on dividend yield Stocks are weighted by annual dividend The current yield is 4.32% Last year this index was up by 38% Heavy concentration in financials …
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The S&P 500 is up 5.05% YTD. But the financial sector component in the index has increased by 10.3%. Many of the beaten down banks have recovered nicely in the past year and continue to gain further traction. Some of the community bank stocks currently offer high dividends. The following is a list of 33 …
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The current yield on the S&P 500 is just over 2%. Last year the yield was 2%. Many foreign markets offer higher dividend yields than the U.S. This is especially true with most developed countries. In 1979, the S&P 500 had a 5.53% yield. But since 1990, it has steadily decreased and reached a low …
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We reviewed the ten German stocks with high dividend yields last December. In this post lets take another look at the top German stocks that pay high dividends. One of the ETFs that is focused on German equities with high dividends is the ETFlab DAXplus® Maximum Dividend ETF. This ETF tracks the DAXplus® Maximum Dividend …
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