20 NASDAQ-listed Stocks with Yields of 10% or More

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The following NASDAQ traded stocks pay dividends of 10% or more:

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Israel-based Formula Systems (FORTY)provides IT solutions and services.Formula Systems is a small cap company with a market cap of $164M. Partner Communications Co(PTNR) is a mobile network operator in Israel. Its network covers over 98% of the country’s population.

Martin Midstream Partners(MMLP) is engaged in oil and natural gas operations in the United States Gulf Coast region. Marine Petroleum Trust (MARPS) is a royalty trust focused on the administration and liquidation of rights to payments from certain oil and natural gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico especially from assets situated offshore of Louisiana. Marshall Islands-based Capital Product Partners L.P. (CPP) is an international tanker company engaged in the transportation of crude oil and refined petroleum products, edible oils and soft chemicals using 19 modern vessels.

List of Large-Cap Gold and Silver Mining Stocks Traded in US Markets

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The table below lists 32 gold and silver mining stocks trading in the US markets. These companies have market capitalization of at least  $1 billion:

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Some of the ADRs listed above are Rio Tinto (RTP), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA (BVN), Gold Fields (GFI), Lihir Gold (LIHR), Randgold Resources (GOLD) and Harmony Gold Mining(HMY). The top two firms by market cap are Canada-based Barrick Gold(ABX) and Goldcorp(GG).

Related:

The List of Diamond Mining Stocks by Country

The List of Global Tier 1 Gold Mining Companies

34 S&P 500 Stocks Yielding More Than 5% Dividends

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The current dividend yield of the S&P 500 index is about 2.5%. However some components in the index have much higher yields. The following components of the S&P 500 currently pay more than 5% dividends:

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Most of the stocks in this list are in the utility, telecom or consumer goods sector. Cigarette makers Altria Group (MO),Reynolds American(RAI), Lorillard(LO) and Philip Morris International(PM) are consistent long-term dividend stocks.The three REITs included in the list are Prologis (PLD), HCP (HCP) and Health Care REIT Inc(HCN).

Oil Service Companies To Consider For Long-Term Investment

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After the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, stocks of oil service companies that perform work in the Gulf of Mexico have fallen heavily. However according to a Bloomberg BusinessWeek article these stocks offer opportunities for investors with a long-term view.

The following oil service companies are mentioned in the article:

  1. Cameron International (CAM)
  2. Halliburton (HAL)
  3. Transocean (RIG)
  4. Diamond Offshore(DO)
  5. Baker Hughes (BHI)
  6. Noble Group (NE)
  7. Ensco International  (ESV)
  8. National Oilwell Varco  (NOV)
  9. FMC Technologies (FTI)
  10. Dril-Quip (DRQ)
  11. Oceaneering International  (OII)
  12. Subsea 7 (Ticker on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange: S8J)

Founded in 1854, Subsea 7 is a Norwegian company with a “focus on the growing high-tech and high-value deepwater subsea umbilical, riser and flowline markets in Africa, Asia Pacific, Brazil and the Gulf of Mexico, but also retains a leading role in the North Sea.”

According to the 2009 rankings by PFC Energy, Schlumberger (SLB) is the world’s top oil-service company. The list of the Top 15 Global Oil Services Firms can be found here. The Top 15 Global Drilling and Seismic Companies for 2009 can be found here.