Dogs of the Dow - High dividend paying stocks

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The following table tracks the year-to-date performance of the high dividend paying stocks that make up the Dogs of the Dow plus the rest of the Dow 30 index.
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Symbol	Company	Price	Yield	Price	Yield	YTD % Chg
NYSE / NASDAQ	The 2008 Dogs of the Dow are listed in blue	on 12/31/07	on 12/31/07	on 7/3/2008	on 7/3/2008	See Note 1
IBM	International Business Machines	108.10	1.48%	119.54	1.67%	10.6%
XOM	ExxonMobil	93.69	1.49%	88.27	1.81%	-5.8%
BA	Boeing	87.46	1.83%	64.47	2.48%	-26.3%
MMM	Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing	84.32	2.28%	69.46	2.88%	-17.6%
UTX	United Technologies	76.54	1.67%	61.05	2.10%	-20.2%
PG	Procter & Gamble	73.42	1.91%	63.67	2.51%	-13.3%
CAT	Caterpillar	72.56	1.98%	70.31	2.39%	-3.1%
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	66.70	2.49%	65.12	2.83%	-2.4%
HON	Honeywell	61.57	1.62%	50.31	2.19%	-18.3%
KO	Coca-Cola	61.37	2.22%	51.48	2.95%	-16.1%
MCD	McDonald's	58.91	2.55%	57.19	2.62%	-2.9%
AIG	American International Group	58.30	1.37%	26.24	3.35%	-55.0%
MRK	Merck	58.11	2.62%	38.45	3.95%	-33.8%
AXP	American Express	52.02	1.38%	40.24	1.79%	-22.6%
HPQ	Hewlett-Packard	50.48	0.63%	43.44	0.74%	-13.9%
WMT	Wal-Mart	47.53	1.85%	56.60	1.68%	19.1%
DD	DuPont	44.09	3.72%	41.80	3.92%	-5.2%
VZ	Verizon	43.69	3.94%	35.75	4.81%	-18.2%
JPM	JP Morgan Chase	43.27	3.51%	35.31	4.30%	-18.4%
T	AT&T	41.56	3.85%	32.58	4.91%	-21.6%
GE	General Electric	37.07	3.35%	26.91	4.61%	-27.4%
AA	Alcoa	36.55	1.86%	32.78	2.07%	-10.3%
MSFT	Microsoft	35.60	1.24%	25.98	1.69%	-27.0%
DIS	Disney	32.28	1.08%	30.90	1.13%	-4.3%
C	Citigroup	29.44	7.34%	16.82	7.61%	-42.9%
HD	Home Depot	26.94	3.34%	22.54	3.99%	-16.3%
INTC	Intel	26.66	1.69%	20.66	2.71%	-22.5%
GM	General Motors	24.89	4.02%	10.12	9.88%	-59.3%
MO	Altria	23.31	3.97%	20.12	5.77%	-13.7%
PFE	Pfizer	22.73	5.63%	17.75	7.21%	-21.9%
Index	Description	Price	Avg Yield	Price	Avg Yield	YTD % Chg
-	New Dow Stocks - See Note 3	on 12/31/07	on 12/31/07	on 7/3/2008	on 7/3/2008	See Note 1
BAC	Bank of America	41.26	6.20%	22.40	11.43%	-45.7%
CVX	Chevron	93.33	2.49%	98.63	2.64%	5.7%
Index	Description	Price	Avg Yield	Price	Avg Yield	YTD % Chg
-	-	on 12/31/07	on 12/31/07	on 7/3/2008	on 7/3/2008	See Note 1
Dogs of the Dow	10 highest yielding Dow stocks on 12/31/07	-	4.27%	-	5.70%	-24.5%
Small Dogs of the Dow	5 lowest priced Dogs on 12/31/07	-	4.73%	-	6.66%	-33.6%
Dow 30	30 Dow stocks on 12/31/07	-	2.60%	-	3.42%	-17.7%
DJIA	Dow Jones Industrial Index	13,264.82	2.60%	11,288.54	3.62%	-14.9%

Note 1:	YTD % change figures do not include for dividends, commissions, or taxes.
Note 2:	Prices as of 12/31/07 are revised for subsequent price adjustments (i.e. stock splits) which occur during the following year. For a list of the Dogs of the Dow with their unadjusted 12/31/07 prices, see the 2007 Dogs of the Dow.
Note 3:	Two Dow components were replaced on February 19, 2008. For your convenience, we have a list of Dow changes since 1929. An explanation of how this impacts the high dividend paying stocks of the Dogs of the Dow is listed in our FAQ. Also, you can stay on top of the all changes to the Dow and Dogs of the Dow by signing up to our free email newsletter.

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