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| Starter
Portfolio |
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| Company | Stock
Symbol |
Industry |
Annual Dividend and Yield |
| 3M Company | Conglomerate |
$2.10 (2.60%) |
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| Clorox | Consumer Products |
$2.00 (3.10%) |
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| Colgate-Palmolive | Consumer Products |
$2.12 (2.50%) |
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| Duke Energy | Electric Utility |
$0.96 (5.80%) |
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| General Electric | Conglomerate |
$0.40 (2.20%) |
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| Hershey Foods | Food Products |
$1.28 (3.00%) |
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| International Business Machines | Technology |
$2.20 (1.70%) |
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| Kellogg Company | Food Products |
$1.50 (2.80%) |
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| Phizer | Pharmaceuticals |
$0.72 (4.20%) |
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| Southern Company | Electric Utility |
$1.75 (5.20%) |
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| Note: All data are from finance.yahoo.com as of Mar-20-10. | |||
Click here to see
a chart of the starter portfolio multi-year performance.
The Dividend-Paying Portfolio includes dividend-paying stocks
from five industries. Two stocks are selected for each industry. Therefore,
there is some diversification within each industry.
| Dividend-Paying
Portfolio |
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| Company | Stock Symbol |
Industry |
Annual Dividend & Yield |
| General Electric | Conglomerates |
$0.40 (2.20%) |
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| 3M Company | Conglomerates |
$2.10 (2.60%) |
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| FPL Group | Diversified Utilities |
$2.00 (4.20%) |
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| Southern Company | Electric Utilities |
$1.75 (5.20%) |
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| H.J. Heinz | Food Processing |
$1.68 (3.50%) |
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| Hershey Foods | Food Processing |
$1.28 (3.00%) |
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| Colgate-Palmolive | Personal & Household Products |
$2.12 (2.50%) |
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| Procter & Gamble | Personal & Household Products |
$1.76 (2.70%) |
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| Johnson & Johnson | Pharmaceuticals Consumer Products and Medical
Devices |
$1.96 (3.00%) |
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| Pfizer | Pharmaceuticals |
$0.72 (4.20%) |
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| NOTE: Dividend data are from finance.yahoo.com as of Mar-20-10. | |||
Click here
to see a chart of the dividend-paying portfolio multi-year performance.
The Electric Utilities Portfolio includes electric utility companies
that generate lots of excess cash, much of which goes to shareholders
as dividends.
| Electric
Utility Portfolio |
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| Company and Web Site | Quote |
Service Areas |
Annual Dividend and Yield
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| Ameren* | Illinois and Missouri |
$1.54 (6.00%) |
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| Central Vermont Public Service | Vermont |
$0.92 (4.60%) |
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| Constellation Energy Group* | Central Maryland and across the U.S. |
$0.96 (2.60%) |
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| Dominion Resources* | Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania |
$1.83 (4.50%) |
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| DPL Inc | West central Ohio |
$1.21 (4.40%) |
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| Duke Energy* | North Carolina, South Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky
and Ohio |
$0.96 (5.80%) |
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| Edison International | California |
$1.26 (3.60%) |
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| Entergy* | Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana |
$3.00 (3.70%) |
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| Exelon Corporation* | Illinois and Pennsylvania |
$2.10 (4.60%) |
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| FirstEnergy | Ohio, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania |
$2.20 (5.50%) |
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| FPL Group | Florida |
$2.00 (4.20%) |
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Kansas and Missouri |
$0.83 (4.40%) |
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| Hawaiian Electric Industries | Hawaii |
$1.24 (5.50%) |
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| Progress Energy | North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida |
$2.48 (6.20%) |
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| Public Service Enterprise Group* | New Jersey |
$1.37 (4.40%) |
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| SCANA Corporation* | North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia |
$1.90 (5.00%) |
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| Southern Company | Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi |
$1.75 (5.20%) |
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| Unitil* | Massachusetts and New Hampshire |
$1.38 (6.00%) |
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| Wisconsin Energy Corp* | Wisconsin and Michigan |
$1.60 (3.10%) |
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| Xcel Energy* | Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin |
$0.98 (4.60%) |
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| NOTE: Dividend data are from finance.yahoo.com as of Mar-20-10. An * denotes a natural gas business as well as electricity. | |||
Click
here to see a chart of the electric utilities portfolio multi-year
performance.
The Food and Beverage Portfolio includes nine dividend-paying
stocks that sell well-known branded products that are in constant demand.
| Food
and Beverage Portfolio |
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| Company and Web Site | Stock Symbol |
Industry |
Annual Dividend and Yield |
| Coca-Cola | Beverages |
$1.76 (3.30%) |
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| Campbell Soup | Food products |
$1.10 (3.10%) |
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| Dr Pepper Snapple | Beverages |
None |
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| General Mills | Food products |
$1.96 (2.70%) |
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| Hanson's Natural | Beverages |
None |
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| H.J. Heinz | Food products |
$1.68 (3.50%) |
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| Hershey Foods | Food products |
$1.28 (3.00%) |
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| Kellogg's | Food products |
$1.50 (2.80%) |
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| McCormick | Food products |
$1.04 (2.70%) |
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| PepsiCo | Food and Beverages |
$1.80 (2.70%) |
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| Sara Lee | Food products |
$0.44 (3.10%) |
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| Smucker's | Food products |
$1.40 (2.30%) |
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| Tootsie Roll Industries | Candy |
$0.32 (1.10%) |
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| Unilever PLC | Food and consumer products |
$0.54 (1.80%) |
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| Unilever NV | Food and consumer products |
$0.54 (1.70%) |
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| NOTE: Dividend data are from finance.yahoo.com as of Mar-20-10. | |||
Click here
to see a chart of the food and beverage portfolio multi-year performance.
HANS not included.
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