Infosys is a global provider of consulting and IT services. The company was founded in 1981, employs more than 200,000 staff, and serves clients in over 40 countries. Infosys provides myriad services, including business process outsourcing, IT outsourcing, consulting and systems integration, among many others. The firm serves more than 20 industries ranging from financial services and healthcare to manufacturing and consumer packaged retail.

Dividends are supposed to lend stability to a portfolio. However, U.S.-based equity income investors have experienced a high degree of volatility in recent years. The Federal Reserve in 2018 embarked on an aggressive campaign to raise interest rates, causing Treasury yields to swoop and dive, resulting in a wild ride for supposedly stable U.S. high-income equities. The endless speculation over the timing of the Fed's rate hikes created market-timing headaches for equity income investors. They endured wide swings in prices for rate-sensitive equity classes such as utilities, REITs and MLPs - even as generally positive industry fundamentals remained largely intact. In our view, investing in international income stocks is one way to increase portfolio diversification while reducing sensitivity to the Fed's head fakes on rate policy. Investing in overseas stocks carries its own set of risks, including the impact of currency exchange and geopolitical turmoil. But there are also lots of positives in this asset class for U.S. investors.

Dividends are supposed to lend stability to a portfolio. However, U.S.-based equity income investors have experienced a high degree of volatility in recent years. The Federal Reserve in 2018 embarked on an aggressive campaign to raise interest rates, causing Treasury yields to swoop and dive, resulting in a wild ride for supposedly stable U.S. high-income equities. The endless speculation over the timing of the Fed's rate hikes created market-timing headaches for equity income investors. They endured wide swings in prices for rate-sensitive equity classes such as utilities, REITs and MLPs - even as generally positive industry fundamentals remained largely intact. In our view, investing in international income stocks is one way to increase portfolio diversification while reducing sensitivity to the Fed's head fakes on rate policy. Investing in overseas stocks carries its own set of risks, including the impact of currency exchange and geopolitical turmoil. But there are also lots of positives in this asset class for U.S. investors.

Dividends are supposed to lend stability to a portfolio. However, U.S.-based equity income investors have experienced a high degree of volatility in recent years. The Federal Reserve in 2018 embarked on an aggressive campaign to raise interest rates, causing Treasury yields to swoop and dive, resulting in a wild ride for supposedly stable U.S. high-income equities. The endless speculation over the timing of the Fed's rate hikes created market-timing headaches for equity income investors. They endured wide swings in prices for rate-sensitive equity classes such as utilities, REITs and MLPs - even as generally positive industry fundamentals remained largely intact. In our view, investing in international income stocks is one way to increase portfolio diversification while reducing sensitivity to the Fed's head fakes on rate policy. Investing in overseas stocks carries its own set of risks, including the impact of currency exchange and geopolitical turmoil. But there are also lots of positives in this asset class for U.S. investors.