Dividend paid out by British firms are unevenly distributed with a few large players accounting for a large portion of the dividends paid out. Traditionally the British dividend landscape is dominated by firms in certain sectors such as mining, oil, utilities, tobacco, consumer staples and telecom. In fact, according to a research report by Schroder’s …

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Tobacco stocks are some of the consistent long-term winners in terms of both income and total returns. In a recent speech, two of the star rated fund managers in the UK noted their preference for stocks in this industry. Star fund managers Terry Smith and Neil Woodward noted a few reasons that support their views. …

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Executive compensation is out of control globally. Since most of the stock in major corporations are owned by institutions the majority of them support exorbitant pay structures for the management for fear of antagonizing them and potentially lose their business. As a result, many corporations have become the tiny little piggy bank for executives to …

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When searching for income stocks foreign markets offer many attractive opportunities. Stocks with dividend yields of 3% or more can be found abroad to the 2% for US stocks as represented by the S&P 500. Though many sectors within the S&P 500 such as telecoms have much higher dividend yields, investors looking to diversify and also …

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Dividend yields are generally higher overseas relative to the U.S. market. In the U.S. investors and management tend to prefer high share prices while in other developed economies investors prefer both moderate price appreciation and high dividend payments. The following chart shows the Average Stock Dividend Yields in G-20 countries: Click to enlarge Source: The Dividend Signal Uncovering …

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