Investors looking to add stocks for the long-term (5 years or more) can consider companies in the utility, telecom and other sectors that generally have high dividend yields. These sectors pay dividends of more than 4% – which is double of the yield on the S&P 500 index. Five stocks currently yielding more than 4% …
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In an article earlier this month I discussed about the growing dividend yields and payout ratios of emerging markets compared to the developed markets. As a followup, in this post let us take a look at how the dividend payout ratio compares across Europe (ex-UK), emerging markets and the U.S. Click to enlarge Source: Slow …
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Emerging market stocks have traditionally been favored by investors for their price appreciation potential. Most emerging markets were not known for high dividend yields and investors did not focus their attention on emerging market stocks for their dividend yields. However that need not be the case now as many emerging market companies pay high and …
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I ran the stock screener to screen for foreign stocks with the following conditions: Market Capitalization ≥ $50.0B Dividend Yield ≥ 4.00% This resultant 15 stocks are listed in the table below: [TABLE=1143] Of the 37 ADRs with a market cap of more $50.0 billion, China Mobile Ltd (CHL) takes the top spot with a market cap …
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