20 Biggest Foreign Dividend Growth Stocks

Large capitalized dividend growth stocks from foreign countries originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Europe is still on fire. The economy is in a triple dip recession and the European member states cut spending. The unemployment is high but every economic depression could be a solid basis for future engagements in the stock market. Today I like to scout for some dividend growth opportunities outside the United States.

I screened my database of stocks with a consecutive dividend increase of at least five years by foreign stocks. Around 35 (approx. 8 percent) of them have headquarters abroad. Below is a small list of the 20 biggest results. 11 of them are currently recommended to buy. Canada is the most represented country in the screen.

17 Safest Stocks From The Financial Sector

Financial stocks with low beta ratios and high market capitalization originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". The financial sector is still under fire. Low interest rates and higher risks within the bond buying industry make it hard to earn money on investments. As a result, thousands of people lose their job and the sector is shrinking. Bank of America cut its workforce by over 30,000 people and their competitors follow.

Not everything is bad within the financial sector. If you have followed my screens over the past months, you could find there more and more good looking banks and asset managers as well as insurers.

Today I like to discover the best yielding dividend stocks from the financial sector with real safe heaven characteristics. My criteria are:

- Market Capitalization over USD 10 billion

- Beta ratio below 1

The stock should have a lower volatility than the overall market. For sure, these are not the only trigger ratios to seek out the highest degree of stability for a stock. Especially in the financial sector are more risks than in other industries. Banks are still black boxes because you never know what kind of risk exposure they have in detail.

The screen produced 17 stocks of which two have a double-digit yield. Eight of them are currently recommended to buy.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On March 26, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks March 26, 2013. In total, 128 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 65 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.72%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	CM	32.03B	10.40	1.93	2.76	4.61%
PG&E Corp.	PCG	19.22B	22.81	1.44	1.28	4.16%
Kraft Foods Group, Inc.	KRFT	30.37B	18.61	8.50	1.66	3.91%
The Dow Chemical Company	DOW	39.48B	46.83	1.89	0.70	3.90%
Philip Morris International, Inc.	PM	150.97B	17.72	-	1.95	3.71%
TransCanada Corp.	TRP	34.23B	26.93	2.06	4.37	3.69%
Avalonbay Communities Inc.	AVB	14.51B	45.62	2.12	13.97	3.37%
Nucor Corporation	NUE	14.66B	29.21	1.92	0.75	3.19%
Sempra Energy	SRE	19.44B	22.88	1.88	2.01	3.16%
Edison International	EIX	16.42B	11.05	1.47	1.38	2.68%
Xerox Corp.	XRX	10.53B	9.66	0.89	0.47	2.67%
Boston Properties Inc.	BXP	15.31B	59.40	3.00	8.16	2.57%
Illinois Tool Works Inc.	ITW	28.11B	11.75	2.68	1.57	2.44%
St. Jude Medical Inc.	STJ	11.98B	17.80	3.19	2.18	2.36%
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc.	HST	12.26B	850.00	1.81	2.32	2.35%
Deere & Company	DE	34.17B	10.99	4.57	0.93	2.33%
U.S. Bancorp	USB	62.57B	11.82	1.61	4.86	2.32%
ACE Limited	ACE	29.97B	11.18	1.09	1.67	2.22%
Western Digital Corp.	WDC	11.54B	5.81	1.40	0.74	2.09%
Agrium Inc.	AGU	15.02B	10.52	2.17	0.90	1.99%

20 Of Europe’s Best Recommended Dividend Stocks

Best yielding dividend stocks from Europe with buy rating published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Europe’s roof is on fire due to the debt crises. That was one of the major headlines in the press of the recent year. Sure, the fire still burns but the worst seems to be over.

Europe’s economy still has values. It’s also an export-driven mainland with a GDP of 13,076 billion, the second largest figure in the world. Certainly, the economy is weak, unemployment rates are at a high level of 11.8 percent and growth slows with a contracting GDP growth of -0.6 percent year over year.

But the currency market turns and reaches the highest value since the debt crises was debated. More and more money comes back to Europe mainly because the ECBs easing policy which is one of the most reserved below the leading industrialized national banks.

Europe is not dead and I like to show you the best yielding investment opportunities with a current buy rating and a listing in the United States. 162 companies with headquarter in Europe are listed on an American Stock Exchange. 102 of them pay dividends and 57 have a current buy or better rating. In order to exclude the stocks with a higher risk due to a small business model, I selected only stocks with a market capitalization over USD 10 billion. 41 stocks still remain.

You can find a list of the 20 most recommended stocks below. The list shows that Europe has still completive companies with a dominant market position. I think about Novo Nordisk or Anheuser Bush. Also Deutsche Bank and National Grid are leading players.

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On December 13, 2012

The Best Yielding And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates. The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on December 13, 2012. In total, 23 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 11 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.69%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
TICC Capital Corp.	TICC	415.17M	6.02	1.02	6.49	11.54%
Equity One Inc.	EQY	2.55B	306.86	1.73	7.98	4.10%
Merck & Co. Inc.	MRK	137.38B	20.54	2.47	2.87	3.81%
Western Union Co.	WU	7.89B	6.58	6.92	1.39	3.78%
Rayonier Inc.	RYN	6.23B	24.90	4.39	4.08	3.48%
Gazit-Globe, Ltd.	GZT	1.98B	8.96	0.91	1.00	3.42%
Endurance Specialty Holdings	ENH	1.73B	13.06	0.62	0.79	3.10%
DDR Corp.	DDR	4.82B	-	1.45	6.13	3.08%
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.	DPS	9.48B	15.60	4.10	1.59	2.99%
ACE Limited	ACE	27.15B	10.17	1.01	1.53	2.45%
MTS Systems Corp.	MTSC	781.36M	15.51	3.44	1.44	2.41%
Taubman Centers Inc.	TCO	4.83B	53.99	-	6.66	2.36%
Methanex Corp.	MEOH	2.96B	23.26	2.09	1.11	2.31%
Telephone & Data Systems	TDS	2.36B	21.14	0.60	0.44	2.17%
Globe Specialty Metals, Inc.	GSM	1.14B	41.11	2.28	1.56	1.64%
Home Bancshares	HOMB	928.15M	15.64	1.83	5.34	1.57%
DSW Inc.	DSW	2.93B	20.72	3.41	1.35	1.10%
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.	TMO	23.51B	20.79	1.54	1.90	0.92%
First Citizens Bancshares Inc.	FCNCA	1.64B	11.40	0.83	1.64	0.75%