Australia
Review: Russell Australia High Dividend Index
One of the indices offered by the index provider Russell Investments is the The Russell Australia High Dividend Index. This index is comprised of diversified Australian blue chips that pay high dividends. The average market cap of companies in the index is over $34 billion and the dividend yield of the index is 5.72%. Financials [...]
Download Lists: Leading Australia Mining, Oil, Industrial Stocks
The tables below list leading Australian stocks in the Mining, Oil and Industrial sectors. They can be downloaded in Excel format by clicking on the links: 100 Leading Industrial Australia Stocks 50 Leading Mining and Oil Australia Stocks ASX Top 300 Stocks Source: Australian Financial Review
Australia’s Top Merchandise Trade and Trade Partners
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia released the Composition of Trade Australia 2010 report today. The following are some of the key takeaways from the report: In 2010, China was the largest trade partner of Australia with total trade growing 23.6% to over A$100 billion for the first time which lead to [...]
Australia’s Awesome Four Banks
Australia’s four leading banks have reported strong earnings for the six months to March this year. With National Australia Bank’s reported profits of A$2.67 billion for half-year, the four banks’ combined total profits is a record $12 billion as shown in the graphic below: Source:News.com.au In addition to rising profits, NAB and rivals have announced [...]
Five Australian Stocks Yielding Over 5% Dividends
Often called as “the Lucky Country” Australia is blessed with plenty of natural resources and wonderful weather. Similar to the Canadian banking system, the Australian banking system is stable and was least affected during the financial crisis.Australia has many of the commodities such as coal that the growing economies of China and India desperately need. [...]
The 10 Most Profitable Australian Companies
The 10 most profitable publicly-listed Australian companies that appear in the Forbes Global 2000 list for 2010 are listed below: S.No. Company Industry Sales ($bil) Profits ($bil) 1 Origin Energy Utilities 6.49 5.6 2 Commonwealth Bank Banking 31.84 3.81 3 Telstra Telecommunications Services 20.48 3.29 4 Westpac Banking Group Banking 31.19 3.04 5 ANZ Banking [...]
