The best equity investment is a stock with good fundamentals and a convincing equity story. If this stock is also attractive valuated it could promise good returns. I’ve tried to summarize some significant fundamentals in order to screen the whole capital markets by interesting dividend stocks. Every month, I create a quick dividend list (from low-yield to high-yield paying stocks) of stocks with interesting performance and valuation figures. Stocks from that list are mid- and large caps (market capitalization of more than USD 1 billion) with double-digit long-term earnings growth rates. The companies are traded at AMEX, NYSE, NASDAQ and part of the Dow Jones, S&P 500 or Nasdaq Composite. The list is selected by the following criteria and sorted by dividend yield.

Teck Resources Limited (NYSE:TCK) is a leading natural resources company focused on copper, steelmaking coal, zinc, and other industrial metals. This morning, the stock is trading higher by $1.05 to $31.65 a share. Short term traders should watch for intra-day resistance around the $32.10, and $33.00 levels.  ....

This morning, all of the leading base metal stocks are fading from their gap higher open. Around 8:00 am EST, the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke stated that he would consider more accommodating policies for the U.S. economy in order to stimulate job growth. This statement crushed the U.S. Dollar Index futures (DX-M2) and spiked the stock markets higher.

Many of the leading base metal producing stocks are struggling to catch a bid this morning. Rio Tinto Plc (NYSE:RIO) is a leading stock in the base metals and materials sector that is coming under some early selling pressure. This market leader is declining by $1.31 to $60.22 a share. The decline in this market leader comes despite a strong copper, gold, and silver market today.