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Dividend Achievers Pay Increasing Dividends

If you are looking for companies with solid long-term financial performance and reliable increasing dividends, check out the Dividend Achievers. The 14 Dividend Achievers indices include U.S., Canadian and global stocks. Dividend Achievers are well-known stocks that are appropriate for a dividend-reinvestment portfolio.

A United States Dividend Achiever must:

  • Be incorporated in the United States.
  • Trade on the NYSE, NASDAQ or AMEX.
  • Have increased its annual regular dividend payments for the last ten or more consecutive years.
  • Meet trading volume minimums.

You can own Dividend Achievers through closed-end funds, an index fund and exchange-traded funds funds that track selected Dividend Achievers indices

Funds That Track Dividend Achievers Indices
Fund & Web Site
Fund Symbol
Fund Type
Fund Includes...
BlackRock Dividend Achievers™ Trust
Closed-end fund
Top 100 Dividend Achievers by yield.
BlackRock Strategic Dividend Achievers™ Trust
Closed-end fund
Small and mid-cap Dividend Achievers.
BlackRock Enhanced Dividend Achievers™ Trust
Closed-end fund
Top 100 Dividend Achievers by yield. Writes covered calls and puts.
Claymore CDN Dividend & Income Achievers ETF
Exchange-traded fund
Dividend Achievers in Canadian Dividend & Income Achievers Index.
PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio
Exchange-traded fund
All Dividend Achievers.
PowerShares High Growth Rate Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio
Exchange-traded fund
Top 100 Dividend Achievers by dividend growth rate.
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio
Exchange-traded fund
Fifty highest yielding Dividend Achievers.
PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio
Exchange-traded fund
International Dividend Achievers.
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund Investor Shares
Index Fund
Dividend Achievers in Select Index.
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF
Exchange-traded fund
Dividend Achievers in Select Index.


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50 Highest Yielding Dividend Achievers - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
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Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund
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S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats: Updated Dividends and Dividend Yields


Updated January 14, 2009.

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