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2010 Dogs of the Dow
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The basic strategy suggests putting an equal amount of money into each of the 10 stocks. There have been variations of the strategy that include proportionate investments in the Dogs weighted by share price. Other permutations suggest dropping the lowest price / highest yielding Dog out of concern that the company may be in deep trouble. Of course, any company could change its dividend to reflect a change in its business fundamentals. Last year, for example, Citigroup [C
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Note that the strategy has not worked in the past couple of years. 2009's Dogs are up 14% YTD, while the Dow is up nearly 20%. Likewise, 2008's Dogs were down an average of over 41% for 2008 while the Dow was down 34%.
Given all of the above, here's a look at yields for the Dow stocks going into 2010. The top 10 would be your Dogs of the Dow. The number 10 spot is close between Boeing [BA
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