High Yields North of the Border

Why Canada? The country came through the housing crisis and financial crisis much better than the United States. Canada is filled with natural resources, and with gold and silver making new highs has certainly helped. Our northern neighbor also has a huge petroleum industry, the second largest oil reserves in the world. It is a net exporter of energy, one of the few nations that can make that claim. It is also one of the top twelve countries in the world by gross domestic product at purchasing power parity per capita, and has a lower unemployment rate than the United States. Although Canada has lots of penny mining stocks, it also has plenty of large cap companies paying high dividends. According to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com which just updated a list of top yielding Canadian stocks, 15 yield more than 2.7%. Here are some examples:... Read more