Portfolio of Dividend-Paying Technology Stocks

Investors may not think of technology stocks as candidates for an income or dividend-reinvestment portfolio, but the following table includes well-known dividend-paying stocks from the technology sector. The companies are among the largest in their respective industries.

Technology Dividend-Paying Stocks
Company and Web Site	Symbol	Annual Dividend & Yield	Dividend Chart	Price and PDI Chart	Multiyear Returns	Businesses
ADP	ADP	$1.36 (3.00%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Business software and services
Analog Devices	ADI	$0.80 (2.70%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Semiconductor products
Applied Materials	AMAT	$0.28 (2.20%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Semiconductor equipment make
AU Optronics	AUO	$0.04 (0.30%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Panel and flat panel displays
CA	CA	$0.16 (0.70%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Application software
Hewlett-Packard	HPQ	$0.32 (0.60%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Computer systems, peripherals, software and services
Intel	INTC	$0.63 (2.80%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Semiconductor products
International Business Machines	IBM	$2.20 (1.70%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Computer systems, peripherals, software and services
Jabil Circuit	JBL	$0.28 (1.60%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Diversified electronic products
KLA-Tencor	KLAC	$0.60 (2.10%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Semiconductor equipment maker
Linear Technology	LLTC	$0.92 (3.20%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Specialized semiconductor products
Maxim Integrated Products	MXIM	$0.80 (4.10%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Semiconductor products
Microchip Technology	MCHP	$1.36 (4.80%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Specialized semiconductor products
Microsoft	MSFT	$0.52 (1.80%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Operating systems, applications and hardware
National Semiconductor	NSM	$0.32 (2.20%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Semiconductor products
Oracle	ORCL	$0.20 (0.80%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Software applications
SAP	SAP	$0.50 (1.10%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Application software
STMicroelectronics	STM	$0.10 (1.10%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Many semiconductor products
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing	TSM	$0.36 (3.50%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Semiconductor foundry
Texas Instruments	TXN	$0.48 (1.90%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Semiconductor products
Xilinx	XLNX	$0.64 (2.40%)	Chart	Chart	Table	Specialized semiconductor products

NOTE: Dividend data and prices are from finance.yahoo.com as of Mar-20-10.

Non-Dividend-Paying Portfolios includes links to each portfolio of a few or no dividend-paying stocks.

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To follow the day-to-day progress of the Technology Dividend-Paying portfolio, check out the chart below. It is updated each day, so the portfolio values are always current. The current value of the portfolio assumes that $1,000.00 was invested (total of $10,000) in each of the 10 stocks at its closing weekly price for the first week of January 2001. NOTE: the 10 stocks included in the portfolio chart are: ADP, AMAT, HPQ, IBM, INTC, KLAC, MSFT, SAP, STM, and TXN.

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Today's date: Mar-20-10.