3 Foreign Utility Stocks Going Ex-Dividend This Month

Aside from emerging market ETFs and commodities producers, it's been hard to recommend buying stocks in the current financial climate. Consumption, incomes and other vital components of the United States' economy are sustained by federal stimulus and Federal Reserve asset buying, neither of which can continue much longer at current levels without a major loss of faith in the US dollar. The Dow Jones and Nasdaq had an off week to start May, while foreign stocks suffered a bit more and commodities got slugged in the proverbial gut. The concept of value may be creeping back into investing circles, following an extended period of unhindered asset appreciation and dollar devaluation. With so much of the ever-globalizing world economy intertwined and codependent, companies with operations focused on a domestic audience, and experiencing organic top and bottom line growth, are becoming fewer and farther apart. When looking at foreign stocks, investors are... Read more