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- International markets provide attractive dividend yields.
- In the Asia-Pacific region, Asian companies paid out more dividends than companies in the S&P 500 and grew dividends at a compound annual rate of 18% from 2002 to 2012, compared to the 10% growth from S&P 500 companies, writes Carl Delfeld for Wall Street Sector Selector.
- Global stocks are rallying, with the MSCI All-Country World Index rising to a record 427.7 Tuesday, Bloomberg reports.
- Overseas markets were strengthening after as Fed Chair Janet Yellen commented on above-trend growth in the U.S.
- “Economic activity is rebounding in the current quarter and will continue to expand at a moderate pace thereafter,” Yellen said at a press conference
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Max Chen contributed to this article.