Some of the large Japanese company stocks trade on the OTC markets as sponsored ADRs in the US. Some of these companies include Nissan Motor, Japan Airlines, Sumitomo Trust & Banking, Komatsu, etc.
The Complete List of Japanese ADRs Traded on the OTC Markets are listed in the table below:
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The small city state of Singapore offers many investment opportunities. In recent years the country has positioned itself as a financial hub and has built a knowledge-based economy.
The following graphic shows the Top 15 Singapore Stocks by Market Capitalization traded in the Singapore Exchange as of November 30,2009:
Source: Singapore Exchange Ltd.
ETF : The iShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund (EWS)
Related: The Complete List of Singapore ADRs Traded on the OTC Markets
The Dow Jones Food & Beverage Titans 30 Index represents the leading global companies in the Food & Beverage sector. The components of this index are selected based on rankings by float-adjusted market capitalization, revenue and net profit.
Since this is a defensive sector, the index was down only about 26% last year – which is relatively lower than the performance of other sectors such as financials or the overall market. The 5-year annual return of this index is about 9%. As of November 30,2009 the index is up about 27% and the dividend yield is 2.10%.
The Top 10 Components of the Dow Jones Food & Beverage Titans 30 Index are:
1.Company: Nestle S.A.(OTC: NSRGY)
Country: Switzerland
2.Company: Coca-Cola Co. (KO)
Country: U.S.
3.Company: PepsiCo Inc. (PEP)
Country: U.S.
4.Company: Unilever N.V. (UN)
Country: The Netherlands
5.Company: Monsanto Co. (MON)
Country: U.S.
6.Company: Diageo PLC (DEO)
Country: U.K.
7.Company: Unilever PLC (UL)
Country: U.K.
8.Company: Danone S.A. (OTC: DANOY)
Country: France
9.Company: Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT)
Country: KFT
10.Company: Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V. (BUD)
Country: Belgium
Danone and Nestle are two of the top global companies that trade on the OTC markets.
One of the popular dividend index series published by Standard&Poors is the Dividend Aristocrats indices. In this post, I shall provide a brief description of each index and list the constituents in downloadable excel files.
1. S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index
This index “measures the performance of large cap, blue chip companies within the S&P 500 that have followed a policy of increasing dividends every year for at least 25 consecutive years.”
Total Return YTD as of Dec 24,2009: 27.82%
Download: SP 500 Dividend Aristocrats Constituents.xls
For the Factsheet click here
2.The S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index
This index tracks “the performance of the 50 highest dividend yielding S&P Composite 1500 constituents which have followed a managed dividends policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 25 years.”
Total Return YTD as of Dec 24,2009: 20.55%
Download: SP High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Components.xls
For the Factsheet click here
3. The S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index
This index measures “the performance of S&P Canada Broad Market Index (BMI) constituents that have followed a managed-dividends policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least five years.”
Total Return YTD as of Dec 24,2009: 44.16%
Download: SP TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Components.xls
For the Factsheet click here
4. The S&P Pan Asia Dividend Aristocrats Index
This index tracks “the performance of constituents within the S&P Pan Asia Broad Market Index (BMI) that have followed a policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least seven years. This index is a member of the S&P Dividend Aristocrats index series.”
Total Return YTD as of Dec 24,2009: 40.36%
For the Factsheet click here
5. The S&P Europe 350 Dividend Aristocrats Index
This index aims to measure “the performance of S&P Europe 350 index constituents that have followed a policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 10 consecutive years, have a float-adjusted market capitalization of at least US$ 3 billion and have an average daily trading volume of at least US$ 5 million.”
Total Return YTD as of Dec 24,2009: 40.36%
Download: SP Europe 350 Dividend Aristocrats Components.xls
For the Factsheet click here
Emerging market financials have performed very well this year. After remaining resilient during the past year’s credit crisis they showed their strength when the global markets rebounded in the first quarter this year. Valuations of emerging market stocks have stretched after the strong run-up in the past few months. However compared to the developed world, emerging markets are projected to have higher growth in 2010. One of the key sectors that benefits nicely from the economic growth in the emerging markets is the financial sector.
The Dow Jones Emerging Markets Financials Titans 30 Index represents 30 of the largest emerging-market companies in the Financial sector. Constituents in this index are selected based on the rankings by float-adjusted market capitalization, revenue and net profit. As of November 30,3009 the index is up 78.28%. Chinese and Brazilian financials account for about 65% of this index.
The Top 10 components of the index and their current yields are listed below:
1.Company: Itau Unibanco Holding (ITUB)
Current Dividend Yield: 0.38%
Country: Brazil
2.Company: Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.(OTC: IDCBY)
Current Dividend Yield: 2.92%
Country: China
3. Company: China Construction Bank Corp. (OTC: CICHY)
Current Dividend Yield: 1.43%
Country: China
4. Company: China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (LFC)
Current Dividend Yield: 0.69%
Country: China
5. Company: Banco Bradesco (BBD)
Current Dividend Yield: 0.47%
Country: Brazil
6. Company: Bank of China Ltd.(OTC: BACHY)
Current Dividend Yield: 3.53%
Country: China
7. Company: Itausa-Investimentos Itau
Current Dividend Yield: N/A
Country: Brazil
8. Company: Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. (HDB)
Current Dividend Yield: 0.48%
Country: India
9. Company: Banco do Brasil (OTC: BDORY)
Current Dividend Yield: N/A
Country: Brazil
10. Company: ICICI Bank Ltd.(IBN)
Current Dividend Yield: 1.24%
Country: India
The three Chinese banks listed above trade on the OTC exchanges. Banco Do Brasil started trading earlier this month on the OTC market as well.
