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	BDV	Closed-end fund	Top 100 Dividend Achievers by yield.
BlackRock Strategic Dividend Achievers™ Trust	BDT	Closed-end fund	Small and mid-cap Dividend Achievers.
BlackRock Enhanced Dividend Achievers™ Trust	BDJ	Closed-end fund	Top 100 Dividend Achievers by yield. Writes covered calls and puts.
Claymore CDN Dividend & Income Achievers ETF	CDZ	Exchange-traded fund	Dividend Achievers in Canadian Dividend & Income Achievers Index.
PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio	PFM	Exchange-traded fund	All Dividend Achievers.
PowerShares High Growth Rate Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio	PHJ	Exchange-traded fund	Top 100 Dividend Achievers by dividend growth rate.
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio	PEY	Exchange-traded fund	Fifty highest yielding Dividend Achievers.
PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio	PID	Exchange-traded fund	International Dividend Achievers.
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund Investor Shares	VDAIX	Index Fund	Dividend Achievers in Select Index.
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF	VIG	Exchange-traded fund	Dividend Achievers in Select Index.

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Updated January 14, 2009.