Ever since the broad market indexes entered into bear market territory and the dollar stopped falling against most of the major currencies, I have been checking the international dividend achievers list for bargains. I came up with the following dividend stocks list, using the followoing screen criteria:

Ten stocks that could potentially provide mid-double digit compound returns for investors...

"Asif Suria of SINLetter.com is running a stock picking contest where Top Financial Bloggers Face-Off." These are Geoff Gannon's picks for the contest - along with a brief explanation of each pick. Contest is for Q1 of 2008 and is open by invitation to various investing bloggers.

Irish stocks have fallen a lot this year. This post mentions two Irish banks, Bank of Ireland (IRE) and Allied Irish Banks (AIB). However, Irish stocks in general now trade at substantial discounts to their peers in Europe. This post argues that Irish stocks are cheap and shares of these two Irish banks should outperform the giant U.S. financial services firms.