The Dogs of the Dow is an investment strategy that involves picking annually the ten highest dividend-paying Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks. Applying this theory to the British equity market, the Dogs of the FTSE 100 strategy selects the 10 FTSE 100 stocks with the highest dividend yields. This strategy has worked out well in the past in …
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The FTSE 100 is up just over 12% year-to-date. The index has outperformed the other major indices of developed Europe such as the CAC-40, DAX and IBEX. This is because the FTSE 100 is heavily concentrated with mining and oil and gas firms and the companies in the index are more dependent on foreign markets …
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The UK offers an excellent hunting ground for income investors. Britain has traditionally been a market with a strong dividend culture and accordingly many large-cap firms have high dividend yields relative to their US peers. In addition, for US-based investors British dividend stocks are a good choice among foreign stocks since the UK charges no dividend …
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The UK economy is the fifth largest in the world with a GDP of about $3.0 Trillion. USA, China, Japan and Germany are ahead of the UK in the order mentioned. Globally the British economy is small. It contributes only 11% of the world output as shown in the chart below: Click to enlarge In terms …
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The FTSE 100 closed at 7,097.50 – a new record high for this year today. Rising oil prices and a recovery in commodity producers this year has propelled the benchmark index to record levels. With the index at such levels, some investors may be wondering if there is any value left in UK stocks. According …