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Highest Yielding Stocks On The Dow
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Do you believe that financials, pharma and telecom can maintain through an economic downturn?
If so, you might want to take a look at the Dow Industrials where some of the largest companies in the world are currently offering investors notably large dividend yields.
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Telecom stocks AT&T [T
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Dividends are a great way to achieve profits each quarter in a holding without having to sell your position.
However, stocks facing a downturn could either end up cutting or eliminating dividends all together. Take General Motors [GM
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Here's the complete list (as of the 8/15 close):
Highest Yielders On The Dow Industrials |
| Symbol | Dividend Yield (%) | |
| Highest | BAC | 8.3 |
| C | 6.9 | |
| PFE | 6.4 | |
| T | 5.1 | |
| VZ | 5.1 | |
| GE | 4.2 | |
| MRK | 4.2 | |
| JPM | 4.0 | |
| AIG | 3.8 | |
| DD | 3.6 | |
| HD | 3.3 | |
| CVX | 3.1 | |
| Average | --- | 3.1 |
| KO | 2.8 | |
| MMM | 2.7 | |
| JNJ | 2.6 | |
| Median | --- | 2.6 |
| BA | 2.5 | |
| CAT | 2.4 | |
| MCD | 2.4 | |
| INTC | 2.3 | |
| PG | 2.2 | |
| AA | 2.1 | |
| UTX | 1.9 | |
| WMT | 1.9 | |
| AXP | 1.8 | |
| IBM | 1.6 | |
| MSFT | 1.6 | |
| XOM | 1.6 | |
| DIS | 1.1 | |
| HPQ | 0.7 | |
| Lowest | GM | N/A |
Source: CNBC.com (Yield based on closing prices as of Aug 15, 2008) |
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