Investors looking for consistent dividend-paying foreign stocks are attracted to Canadian equities. There are many Canada-based companies that pay decent dividends and have excellent dividend growth rates too. In order to identify some of the high dividend growth Canadian stocks we shall use the Canadian High Yield Dividend Growth 30 Portfolio Index created by Mergent, …
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The AEX High Dividend Index (AEXHD) consists of 12 Dutch stocks with the highest dividend yields. The selection of stocks is based on the past calendar year dividends. The eligibility criteria is that all these stocks must be part of the AEX Index, the main blue chip index of the Dutch stock market. The weighting …
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European companies generally pay higher dividends than American companies. Most companies have maintained that tradition during the past two years when the global financial crisis ravaged world markets. Many European banks have reduced or suspended due to government bailouts and the subsequent ownership stakes they acquired. Because of their high dividend yields, European dividend stocks …
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To identify the large cap foreign stocks in NYSE with current dividend yields of 5% or higher, I ran the following screener: Exchange: NYSE Market Capitalization: ≥ $50.0B Dividend Yield :≥ 5.00% The screen resulted in 11 stocks out of which 9 were foreign ADR stocks. 1.Company: BP plc (BP) Dividend Yield: 6.48% 2.Company: Deutsche …
The one hundred components in the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index are “selected to the index by dividend yield, subject to screens for dividend-per-share growth rate, dividend payout ratio and average daily dollar trading volume. Components are weighted by indicated annual dividend”. As of July 31,2009 the total return for the index was -4.03% …
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