College Graduate Starter Portfolio Includes Dividend-Paying Stocks

The College Graduate Starter Portfolio includes five great American companies that have long histories of paying safe, increasing dividends. This portfolio is an ideal way for a recent recent college graduate to start a long-term stock portfolio.

With dividend reinvestment, these five stocks will serve as core investments with the potential for significant long-term total returns.

College Graduate Starter Portfolio
Stock & Web Site	Stock Symbol	Industry	Annual Dividend	Dividend Yield
3M Company	MMM	Conglomerate	$2.00	2.60%
Colgate-Palmolive	CL	Consumer goods	$1.60	2.10%
General Electric	GE	Conglomerate	$1.24	4.00%
International Business Machines	IBM	Computers	$2.00	1.60%
Procter & Gamble	PG	Consumer goods	$1.60	2.40%
Note: All data are from finance.yahoo.com as of June 10, 2008.

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Posted June 10, 2007.