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 7/24/2008	on 7/24/2008	See Note 1
AA	Alcoa	36.55	1.86%	31.28	2.17%	-14.4%
AIG	American International Group	58.30	1.37%	27.43	3.21%	-53.0%
AXP	American Express	52.02	1.38%	36.41	1.98%	-30.0%
BA	Boeing	87.46	1.83%	62.53	2.56%	-28.5%
C	Citigroup	29.44	7.34%	19.06	6.72%	-35.3%
CAT	Caterpillar	72.56	1.98%	69.78	2.41%	-3.8%
DD	DuPont	44.09	3.72%	44.17	3.71%	0.2%
DIS	Disney	32.28	1.08%	31.02	1.13%	-3.9%
GE	General Electric	37.07	3.35%	28.71	4.32%	-22.6%
GM	General Motors	24.89	4.02%	13.00	7.69%	-47.8%
HD	Home Depot	26.94	3.34%	24.02	3.75%	-10.8%
HON	Honeywell	61.57	1.62%	51.38	2.14%	-16.6%
HPQ	Hewlett-Packard	50.48	0.63%	43.38	0.74%	-14.1%
IBM	International Business Machines	108.10	1.48%	130.00	1.54%	20.3%
INTC	Intel	26.66	1.69%	21.67	2.58%	-18.7%
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	66.70	2.49%	68.66	2.68%	2.9%
JPM	JP Morgan Chase	43.27	3.51%	39.14	3.88%	-9.5%
KO	Coca-Cola	61.37	2.22%	51.86	2.93%	-15.5%
MCD	McDonald's	58.91	2.55%	58.37	2.57%	-0.9%
MMM	Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing	84.32	2.28%	71.05	2.81%	-15.7%
MO	Altria	23.31	3.97%	20.81	5.57%	-10.7%
MRK	Merck	58.11	2.62%	32.22	4.72%	-44.6%
MSFT	Microsoft	35.60	1.24%	25.44	1.73%	-28.5%
PFE	Pfizer	22.73	5.63%	18.81	6.80%	-17.2%
PG	Procter & Gamble	73.42	1.91%	64.51	2.48%	-12.1%
T	AT&T	41.56	3.85%	31.70	5.05%	-23.7%
UTX	United Technologies	76.54	1.67%	64.20	1.99%	-16.1%
VZ	Verizon	43.69	3.94%	35.09	4.90%	-19.7%
WMT	Wal-Mart	47.53	1.85%	56.97	1.67%	19.9%
XOM	ExxonMobil	93.69	1.49%	80.80	1.98%	-13.8%
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 7/24/2008	on 7/24/2008	See Note 1
BAC	Bank of America	41.26	6.20%	30.64	8.36%	-25.7%
CVX	Chevron	93.33	2.49%	82.00	3.17%	-12.1%
Index	Description	Price	Avg Yield	Price	Avg Yield	YTD % Chg
-	-	on 12/31/07	on 12/31/07	on 7/24/2008	on 7/24/2008	See Note 1
Dogs of the Dow	10 highest yielding Dow stocks on 12/31/07	-	4.27%	-	5.24%	-19.7%
Small Dogs of the Dow	5 lowest priced Dogs on 12/31/07	-	4.73%	-	5.86%	-26.7%
Dow 30	30 Dow stocks on 12/31/07	-	2.60%	-	3.28%	-16.1%
DJIA	Dow Jones Industrial Index	13,264.82	2.60%	11,349.28	3.41%	-14.4%

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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