12 Emerging Market Dividend Stocks

Too often, income investors search for dividend yields only within U.S. borders, and many times investors focus on just the domestic telecom and utilities sectors. We decided to shine some light on a few income opportunities outside the U.S. in emerging markets. We ran a screen for emerging market names that yield over 3.5% and we came up with a list of 13 names that span the globe from Argentina to China to Panama and the Philippines. We think this article will offer a useful primer for investors with little experience investing abroad. Of course, because all of these companies are in the developing world, risk of capital erosion is ever present as is a halting/sporadic nature of dividend payments, so please do your own due diligence before you consider investing in any of the names on our list. Something else foreign dividend investors should consider is that many countries... Read more