For those who would like an exercise look at the companies recommended in this book on pg 147\148 (written in 2004).
- List the "Companies That Boosted Their Dividend Consistently"
- Chart the dividend growth since 2002 to see if they've maintained their dividend pymt and div growth.
- Highlight which companies you end up with. It may be a nice list.
(09-23-2013, 08:52 AM)cannew Wrote: [ -> ]For those who would like an exercise look at the companies recommended in this book on pg 147\148 (written in 2004).
- List the "Companies That Boosted Their Dividend Consistently"
- Chart the dividend growth since 2002 to see if they've maintained their dividend pymt and div growth.
- Highlight which companies you end up with. It may be a nice list.
Do you have a link to the book or pdf? Or maybe just a list of the stocks?
Here you are: Let us know how it turns out.
Long-Term Dividend-Paying Stocks
3M Co.
Abbott Laboratories ALLTEL Corp
Altria Groupt
AmSouth Bancorp
Anheuser-Busch
Archer-Daniels-Midland
Automatic Data Processing
Avery Dennison Corp.
Bank of America
Bard (C.R)
Becton, Dickinson
Century Telephone Inc.
Chubb Corp.
Clorox Co.
Coca-Cola Co.
Comerica Inc.
ConAgra Foods
Consolidated Edison
Donnelley (RR) & Sons
Dover Corp
Emerson Electric
Family Dollar Stores
Paid Each Year Since
First Term National
Gannett Co.
General Electric
Grainger
Heinz (H.J.)
Household International
Jefferson-Pilot
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson Controls
KeyCorp
Kimberly-Clark
Leggett & Platt
Lilly (Eli)
Lowe's Cos.
Masco Corp.
May Dept Stores
McDonald's Corp.
McGraw-Hill Companies
Merck & Co.
Nucor Corp.
PepsiCo Inc.
Pfizer Inc.
PPG Indus
Procter & Gamble
Regions Financial
Rohm & Haas
Sigma-Aldrich
Stanley Works Supervalu Inc.
Target Corp
TECO Energy
U.S. Bancorp
VF Corp
Wal-Mart Stores
Walgreen Co