In August 2008, I ran the stock screener with the following criteria: 1. Stocks must trade on the NYSE 2. Market cap. >= $25B 3. Must have dividend yields of at least 5% This resulted in 28 stocks at that time. 14 of these stocks were in the financial sector and 21 were non-US companies. …
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Ten of the foreign fixed-line telecom stocks offer yields of more than 5% as of December 31,2009 as shown in the table below. Fixed-line telecom companies in foreign countries tend to be monopolies or hold a dominating position in the market even if other carries operate. Many of them are also the largest telecom service …
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One of the popular dividend index series published by Standard&Poors is the Dividend Aristocrats indices. In this post, I shall provide a brief description of each index and list the constituents in downloadable excel files. 1. S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index This index “measures the performance of large cap, blue chip companies within the S&P …
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For investors looking for dividend stocks, the Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend Index family offers many high dividend-yielding companies. There are seven indices on regional basis in this list. Â Two factors that are unique to these indices are: Companies are selected on the basis of dividend criteria The weighting of the companies in the indices …