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Aug.18

9:30 AM ET

Monday, 18 Aug 2008

Highest Yielding Stocks On The Dow

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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Bank of America [BAC Loading... () ] and Citigroup [C Loading... () ] lead the list yielding at 8.3% and 6.9% respectively.

Pfizer [PFE Loading... () ] comes in third with a 6.4% yield.

Telecom stocks AT&T [T Loading... () ] and Verizon [VZ Loading... () ] round out the top five with each yielding 5.1%.

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 Loading... () ] for example. Their shares were yielding about 5% back in March, but have since suspended their dividend completely.

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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