Australia is home to a lot of high-quality, dividend-paying stocks that provide a solid, high-income complement to your portfolio of similarly situated US- and Canada-based companies.
Results and the outlook at home were good enough to support dividend increases for two of the four major Canadian banks to report fiscal 2012 first-quarter results so far.
Telstra Corp Ltd (ASX: TLS, OTC: TTRAF, ADR: TLSYY) is Australia’s dominant telecom and will remain that through the prudent deployment of its considerable payoff.
According to the stock indexes Canada underperformed in 2011. Canadian Edge Portoflio Holdings’ earnings reports suggest the country’s relative strength persists.
EverBank’s Frank Trotter has been opening global markets to US-based retail investors for decades. You can profit from his experience.
Telstra Corp Ltd (ASX: TLS, OTC: TTRAF, ADR: TLSYY), Australia’s biggest telecom, is on the verge of completing its AUD11 billion deal with the National Broadband Network.
The Financial Stability Board, which is headed by Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, is the latest institution to note the Great White North’s prudence in the aftermath of the Great Recession.
Australia’s Big Four banks are under scrutiny for their exposure to Europe and wholesale funding markets. These concerns are legitimate and overblown.
Keystone XL–formally the Keystone Gulf Coast Expansion Project–was rejected this week. But it’s on track to come on line in late 2014.
The HSBC Financial Clog Index provides a quick, clean look at the level of stress in the system.
