Portfolio of High-Yield Blue-Chip Stocks

Here are 4 large well-known blue-chip companies that would be well suited for a long-term dividend reinvestment portfolio.

Because of their long histories of increasing dividends, these stocks belong to the Dividend Achievers and Dividend Aristocrats.

High-Yield Blue-Chip Stocks
Stock	Quote	Dividend & Dividend Yield	Interactive Price Chart	10-Year Moving Average	Dividend Growth Rate & Chart	Return Calculator	Return Map
AT&T	T	1.80 (4.80%)	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map
CenturyLink	CTL	2.16 (5.70%)	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map
Consolidated Edison	ED	2.46 (4.00%)	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map
Pitney Bowes	PBI	0.75 (5.10%)	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map

To follow the day-to-day progress of the High-Yield Blue-Chip Stocks portfolio, check out the returns table and chart below. Dollar values are computed using weekly closes for stocks from Yahoo! Finance.

All 4 stocks are included in the chart computations. The current value of the portfolio assumes that $2,500.00 was invested (total of $10,000) in each stock at its closing weekly price for the first week of January 2003.

High-Yield Blue-Chip Stocks - Return Results
Portfolio:	High-Yield Blue-Chip Stocks
Start date:	Jan-02-2003
Start value:	$10,000
End date:	May-22-2013
End value:	$17,924
Number prices	543
Minimum value occurred on Mar-03-2003	$8,594
Maximum value occurred on Apr-29-2013	$18,397
Total gain or loss (Start date to End date)	79.24%
Annualized gain or loss (Start date to End date)	5.75%
Sharpe Ratio	0.62
Total dollar value on End date of a $10,000 purchase made on Start date	$17,924
Average percent return for all possible buy/sell combinations	19.38%
Number returns	147,153
Number profitable returns (Winners)	119,361
Percent profitable returns	81.11%
Number unprofitable returns (Losers)	27,792
Percent unprofitable returns	18.89%
Winners to losers ratio	4.29

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