One of the important factors that U.S. investors investing in foreign stocks have to consider is the withholding tax on dividends levied by the country where the foreign company is based. Governments charge this tax on dividends paid out to foreigners in order to generate additional tax revenues.However there are a few countries which do not levy …
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The U.S. equity market is one of the largest and most liquid markets in the world. An investor looking to invest in US stocks is faced with a huge universe of companies trading on many markets with the main exchanges being the NYSE and NASDAQ. The NYSE is home to 1,519 U.S. companies according to the …
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Corporate profits in the U.S. are at a record high.Accordingly earnings returned to shareholders in the form of dividends has also reached record levels. For example, the dividends on the S&P 500 as of September stood at $38.49. Click to enlarge Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis However as I have discussed before, the …
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Investors looking for dividend income can consider adding foreign dividend stocks. I have written many articles before on why US investors must go overseas hunting for higher dividends. This article is another installment on the same topic. In addition to getting the benefits of portfolio diversification, adding global dividend payers also makes sense for a variety of reasons. …
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In an article last month I discussed about the continued decline in the dividend payout ratio of U.S. stocks. The following chart shows the historical dividend payout ratio of European stocks based on the MSCI Europe Index. This ratio mostly stays about 40% in Europe and is on an upward trend since mid-2011. Click to …
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