Strong Dollar? Consider Higher Yield Foreign Stocks
By Thomas Smicklas on October 22, 2008 | More Posts By Thomas Smicklas | Author's Website
In line with recent stock lists on my blog, the following securities ex-US may be appropriate for inclusion on your watch list for accumulation. These are not recommendations. This is a list for you to further investigate to discover if they are a fit for your Permanent or Speculative Portfolios.
My screen targeted foreign large cap stocks, recommended as an Outperform or Buy per Reuters and throwing off a dividend of at least 5%.
(NYSE:AZ) Allianz 8.93%
(NYSE:MT) ArcelorMittal 5.075
(NYSE:AXA) Axa 8.48%
(NYSE:BCS) Barclays 11.26%
(BASFY) BASF 9.24%
(NYSE:BBL) BHP Billiton 5.26%
(NYSE:BP) British Petroleum 7.58%
(NYSE:CM) Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 6.02%
(NYSE:CHT) Chungwa Telecom 7.73%
(NYSE:CEO) CNOOC 6.70%
(NYSE:CS) Credit Suisse 5.52%
(NYSE:DB) Deutsche Bank 16.05%
(NYSE:DT) Deutsche Telecom 7.88%
(NYSE:DEO) Diageo 5.26%
(EVNGY) E.ON 5.42%
(EDPFY) EDP Energias de Portugal 5.64%
(NYSE:E) ENI 9.18%
(NYSE:PHG) Phillips Electric NV 5.85%
(LFRGY) Lafarge 8.72%
(NYSE:NGG) National Grid 7.16%
(NASDAQ:NSANY) Nissan Motors 7.88%
(NYSE:TLK) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia 10.79%
(NYSE:REP) Repsol 6.90%
(RDS) Royal Dutch Shell 6.59%
(RWEOY.PK) RWE 6.74%
(NYSE:SNY) Sanofi Aventis 5.56%
(NYSE:SSL) Sasol 7.67%
(SCMWY) Swisscom 5.64%
(NYSE:TI) Telecom Italia 10.59%
(NYSE:TEF) Telefonica SA 5.95%
(TELNY) Telenor ASA 7.77%
(TLSYY) Telstra 8.18%
(NYSE:TOT) Total 6.88%
(NYSE:VOD) Vodaphone 9.93%
Taking into consideration a strong dollar, it makes sense to look at the “rest of the world” to find stocks that will pay you to wait for the recovery and, perhaps, also provide a cheap entry point with our strong greenback.Research appropriately and choose from the list to discover the best of the lot for you.

