Some of the large Hong Kong-based companies trade on the OTC markets as sponsored ADRs in the US. Some of these companies include Cathay Pacific Airways, Bank of East Asia, Hutchinson Telecom, Shangri-La Asia, Hang Seng Bank, etc.
The Complete List of Hong Kong ADRs Traded on the OTC Markets are listed in the table below:
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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