Top Global Dividend Stocks

The Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 Index tracks the high-dividend-yielding companies in the Dow Jones STOXX Global 1800 Index that includes the Americas,Europe and Asia-Pacific. The 100 components in the index contains 40 stocks for the Americas and 30 each for Europe and Asia-Pacific.

The Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 Index Components:

Company	Country	Ticker	Dividend Yield (as of Nov 11,2008)
ALLIED IRISH BANKS	Ireland	AIB	18.20%
Altria Group Inc.	USA	MO	7.12%
Amlin	UK
AT&T Inc.	USA	T	5.93%
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd	Australia	ANZBY.PK	8.57%
Bank of America Corp.	USA	BAC	6.25%
Bank of East Asia Ltd.	Hong Kong
BANK OF IRELAND	Ireland	IRE	54.42%
Bank of Montreal	Canada	BMO	7.84%
Bank of Nova Scotia	Canada	BNS	5.94%
BB&T Corp.	USA	BBT	5.88%
BELGACOM	Belgium
BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd.	Hong Kong
BRIT INSURANCE HLDG	UK
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	Canada	CM	7.50%
CapitaMall Trust Management Ltd.	Singapore
CATTLES	UK
CIBA HLDG	Switzerland
Cincinnati Financial Corp.	USA	CINF	6.08%
CITIC Pacific Ltd.	Hong Kong
Citigroup Inc.	USA	C	5.41%
CLP Holdings Ltd.	Hong Kong
Comerica Inc.	USA	CMA	5.38%
Consolidated Edison Inc.	USA	ED	5.55%
Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd.	Australia
CREDIT AGRICOLE	France
D-S NORDEN	Denmark
DBS Group Holdings Ltd.	Singapore	DBSDY.PK	7.34%
DEUTSCHE BANK	Germany	DB	11.54%
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM	Germany	DT	8.05%
DNB NOR	Norway
Dow Chemical Co.	USA	DOW	6.93%
DSG INTERNATIONAL	UK
DTE Energy Co.	USA	DTE	5.59%
Duke Energy Corp.	USA	DUK	5.66%
Enbridge Inc.	Canada	ENB	3.85%
FirstEnergy Corp.	USA	FE	4.00%
Fletcher Building Ltd.	New Zealand
FRANCE TELECOM	France	FTE	3.26%
Gannett Co. Inc.	USA	GCI	15.19%
GPT Group	Australia
Hongkong Electric Holdings Ltd.	Hong Kong
Huntington Bancshares Inc.	USA	HBAN	5.59%
IGM Financial Inc.	Canada
ING Industrial Fund	Australia
Insurance Australia Group Ltd.	Australia
IRISH LIFE & PERMANENT	Ireland
KeyCorp	USA	KEY	6.67%
LLOYDS TSB GRP	UK	LYG	12.75%
Macquarie Airports	Australia
Macquarie CountryWide Trust	Australia
Macquarie Office Trust	Australia
Marshall & Ilsley Corp	USA	MI	7.70%
Merck & Co. Inc.	USA	MRK	5.30%
National Australia Bank Ltd.	Australia	NABZY.PK	8.63%
National Bank of Canada	Canada
New York Community Bancorp Inc.	USA	NYB	7.36%
Nippon Building Fund Inc.	Japan
NKT HLDG	Denmark
NORSK HYDRO	Norway	NHYDY.PK	26.11%
Pepco Holdings Inc.	USA	POM	5.99%
PERSIMMON	UK
Pfizer Inc.	USA	PFE	7.59%
PNC Financial Services Group Inc.	USA	PNC	3.92%
Progress Energy Inc.	USA	PGN	6.22%
PROVIDENT FINANCIAL	UK
Regions Financial Corp.	USA	RF	3.65%
Royal Bank of Canada	Canada	RY	5.03%
RWE ESSEN PREF	Germany	RWEOY.PK	5.87%
Shinkin Central Bank	Japan
Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.	Japan
Singapore Airlines Ltd.	Singapore
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.	Singapore
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.	Singapore
Southern Copper Corp.	USA	PCU	9.40%
STATOILHYDRO	Norway	STO	4.13%
Suncorp-Metway Ltd.	Australia
SunTrust Banks Inc.	USA	STI	4.13%
SWISSCOM	Switzerland	SCMWY.PK	5.85%
Takefuji Corp.	Japan
TELEKOM AUSTRIA	Austria	TKAGY.PK	9.03%
Television Broadcasts Ltd.	Hong Kong
TELUS Corp.	Canada	TU	6.12%
TOMKINS	UK	TKS	11.43%
TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K.	Japan
Toronto-Dominion Bank	Canada	TD	5.05%
TransCanada Corp.	Canada	TRP	4.81%
TRINITY MIRROR	UK
U.S. Bancorp	USA	USB	6.25%
United Overseas Bank Ltd.	Singapore	UOVEY.PK	3.24%
UNITED UTILITIES GRP	UK	UUGRY	14.05%
UST Inc.	USA	UST	3.68%
Valad Property Group	Australia
Venture Corp. Ltd.	Singapore
Verizon Communications Inc.	USA	VZ	6.12%
VOESTALPINE	Austria
Weyerhaeuser Co.	USA	WY	7.33%
WIENERBERGER	Austria
Zions Bancorp	USA	ZION	3.29%
ZURICH FINANCIAL SERVICES	Switzerland	ZFSVY	7.24%
Source: www.topforeignstocks.com

Note: A ticker is included for components listed in the US markets

Some Observations:

1. All the top 5 Canadian banks are in this list.

2. While many of the components in the index are banks, stocks from other sectors like utilities,energy, telecom are included as well.

3. Among the Asia-Pacific countries Australian and Singapore stocks seem to be pay high dividends than Japan and other countries.

4. Thirty out of the 40 components for Americas are stocks of US companies.

The above yield data is thought to be accurate.Please do your own research before making any investment decisions.

Disclosure: Long many stocks in the above list.

Comments

[FromIreland:]

If only you had waited a few hours more to publish the report - highest dividend yeild bank on your list is now out... Bank of Ireland this morning annonced in the 6 months interim results that no dividend will be paid until times improve...

2008 Nov 13 09:31 AM

[firboy4:]

I forwarded this good list on to a trading group to which I belong, but with the same warning to do one's own research. But this is a good list from which to start if we are looking for dividends. I own PCU, and am very happy about that fact as they paid the usual dividend even though their earnings were down this quarter. I don't know why they did that, but it made me happy!

2008 Nov 13 10:17 AM

[Here's a th...:]

Hard to belive 6 months ago BOI div was nearly as high as todays share price.

2008 Nov 13 10:33 AM

[jackooo:]

Great way to go if you hold.

2008 Nov 13 12:31 PM

[Global Inve...:]

the real danger with this kind of list is that it ignores the fact that in the present climate dividends are omitted or cut.

2008 Nov 13 02:29 PM

[pansyed:]

You have missed a large number of Canadian Income Trusts

2008 Nov 13 02:45 PM

[mr freddo:]

DT has been a solid stock in my portfolio. Although down 20% from its 2007 highs, the stock pays a fat dividend of 8.6%. It has low volatility as well.

Feb 07 11:31 PM

[mr freddo:]

Bank of America NOT!

Feb 07 11:32 PM