Stocks in the consumer staples sector have elevated P/E ratios today relative to the market. This is because investors looking for safety and reliable income stream have piled into these stocks over the past few years. Market volatility and ultra-low interest rates only added more fuel to the solid rise of consumer staples stocks. Companies in …

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European equities are currently at a discount to their US peers.In the past, whenever  this scenario occurred European stocks have played catch and have eliminated this discount as investors gobbled up shares that were undervalued. However that is not the case in the past few years.European stocks continue -to lag US stocks for a number of reasons. …

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European dividend stocks offers offer higher yields than their US peers. Investors looking to diversify and add dividend stocks from Europe should consider some of the high-quality names in the continent. From an July article Peter Garnry at Saxo Bank: In a negative rate environment, a high-dividend yield portfolio is a good component of a long-term asset …

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Generally Blue-Chips are used to refer to high quality large-cap established firms.Unlike small and medium caps blue-chips tend to less volatile and the probability of a firm going bankrupt is very small. In order to identify the blue-chips of Eurozone countries, investors can use The EURO STOXX 50 Index. This index is comprised of 50 blue-chips from …

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New Zealand and Australia have the highest dividends in the world based on MSCI indices. Europe pays higher dividends than the US. Click to enlarge Note: Data shown above is as of May 18, 2016 Source: World-beating Australian dividend yields look safe: Deutsche Bank, News Markets