Dividend-Paying Portfolio - 10 Solid Stocks

The following dividend-paying portfolio includes ten dividend-paying large cap stocks from five industries. Two stocks are selected for each industry.

With dividend reinvestment you reinvest all your dividends to buy additional shares. It's an easy way to accumulate shares over time.

The following table includes well-known companies that pay reliable dividends.

Dividend Paying Portfolio
Company	Stock Symbol	Annual Dividend & Yield	Dividend Chart	Price and PDI Chart	Multiyear Returns	Industry
Emerson Electric	EMR	$2.16 (3.70%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Conglomerates
3M Company	MMM	$0.72 (4.40%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Conglomerates
FPL Group	FPL	$1.28 (2.70%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Diversified Utilities
Southern Company	SO	$1.80 (3.90%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Electric Utilities
H.J. Heinz	HNZ	$//EN" "http:	Chart	Chart	Table	Food Processing
Hershey Foods	HSY	$1.82 (4.90%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Food Processing
Colgate-Palmolive	CL	$1.34 (2.70%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Personal & Household Products
Procter & Gamble	PG	$2.10 (2.50%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Personal & Household Products
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	$2.12 (2.80%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Pharmaceuticals Consumer Products and Medical Devices
Pfizer	PFE	$1.93 (3.20%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Pharmaceuticals
NOTE: Dividend data are from finance.yahoo.com as of Sep-05-2010.

To follow the day-to-day progress of the Dividend Reinvestment portfolio, check out the chart below. It is updated each day, so the portfolio values are always current. The current value of the portfolio assumes that $1,000.00 was invested (total of $10,000) in each of the 10 stocks at its closing weekly price for the first week of January 2001.

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Updated Sep-05-2010.