In an earlier post, we looked at the Historical Components of Dow Jones Industrial Average since 1896. The chart below shows the evolution of the British stock market since 1899: Click to enlarge Source: The Barclays Capital Equity Gilt Study Reinvestment of dividends is an important tool to increase the total returns earned on an …
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British companies are projected to increase dividend payouts by 10% this year according to a report by Capita Registrars Dividend Monitor. Captia Registrars expects overall dividend yield to be 4.4% in 2011. While most investors focus on stock prices, dividends are an important part of total return. Quoting the Barclays Equity Gilt Study, the monitor …
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In order to identify some of the highly liquid British stocks I used the S&P; United Kingdom Index. This index is a subset of the S&P; Europe 350 and tracks the performance of highly-liquid equities in different sectors. The median market cap of constituents in the index is about 4.81 £ Billion. The top 10 …
The following six British ADRs have dividend yields of more than 6% based on share price as of Oct 5, 2010: 1.United Utilities Group PLC (UUGRY) Current Dividend Yield: 8.05% 2.Scottish & Southern Energy PLC (SSEZY) Current Dividend Yield: 8.67% 3.National Grid Plc (NGG) Current Dividend Yield: 8.03% 4.British Telecom (BT) Current Dividend Yield: 6.13% …
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Conservative leader David Cameron became the Prime Minister of UK after 13 years of Labor Party rule. He inherits a high budget and other economic ills as the graph shows below: Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek The British Pound fell steadily against the US dollar during former PM Gordon Brown’s time: Source: Money Week One of the …
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