Interest rates are near zero. Savings accounts pay next to nothing. 10-Year Treasury yields are at their lowest level since 1956 — when Dwight Eisenhower was president. And the average yield for all stocks in the S&P 500 is just 2%. That makes us one of the lowest-yielding markets in the world. But compare that to what I’m seeing in international markets. #-ad_banner-#The U.K.’s average dividend yield is 3.8%… Sweden’s average yield is 4.0%… Canada yields 3.0%… Brazil’s average yield is 4.4%… New Zealand pays 4.5%… Belgium pays 4.7%… Australia yields 4.3%… And remember, these figures are just the averages,… Read More
Interest rates are near zero. Savings accounts pay next to nothing. 10-Year Treasury yields are at their lowest level since 1956 — when Dwight Eisenhower was president. And the average yield for all stocks in the S&P 500 is just 2%. That makes us one of the lowest-yielding markets in the world. But compare that to what I’m seeing in international markets. #-ad_banner-#The U.K.’s average dividend yield is 3.8%… Sweden’s average yield is 4.0%… Canada yields 3.0%… Brazil’s average yield is 4.4%… New Zealand pays 4.5%… Belgium pays 4.7%… Australia yields 4.3%… And remember, these figures are just the averages, weighed down by large numbers of stocks that don’t yield a cent. I’ve been telling readers this for months… The simple fact is that when you start looking abroad, high yielders are practically a dime a dozen in comparison to the United States. As Judy Sarayan, a fund manager at mega-investment firm Eaton Vance explained, “There’s a much stronger dividend culture abroad… Individual investors play a larger role in those markets, and they have always demanded more dividends.” That difference is more dramatic when you start looking at some individual examples of higher yields abroad. Take banks, for instance. Here… Read More