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2006 Performance Tables  


The following table presents the 2006 performance of the high dividend paying stocks that make up the Dogs of the Dow plus the rest of the Dow 30 index. To see which high dividend paying stocks would make the cut as one of the Dogs of the Dow as of the most recent close, try Daily Current Doggishness.

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Symbol Company Price Yield   Price Yield 2006 % Chg
NYSE / NASDAQ The 2006 Dogs of the Dow are listed in blue on 12/31/05 on 12/31/05   on 12/29/06 on 12/29/06 See Note 1
PFE Pfizer 23.32 4.12%   25.90 4.48% 11.1%
VZ Verizon 30.12 5.38%   37.24 4.35% 23.6%
MO Altria 74.72 4.28%   85.82 4.01% 14.9%
T AT&T 24.49 5.43%   35.75 3.97% 46.0%
C Citigroup 48.53 3.63%   55.70 3.52% 14.8%
MRK Merck 31.81 4.78%   43.60 3.49% 37.1%
GM General Motors 19.42 10.30%   30.72 3.26% 58.2%
DD DuPont 42.50 3.48%   48.71 3.04% 14.6%
GE General Electric 35.05 2.85%   37.21 3.01% 6.2%
JPM JP Morgan Chase 39.69 3.43%   48.30 2.82% 21.7%
KO Coca-Cola 40.31 2.78%   48.25 2.57% 19.7%
MMM Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing 77.50 2.17%   77.93 2.36% 0.6%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 60.10 2.20%   66.02 2.27% 9.9%
MCD McDonald's 33.72 1.99%   44.33 2.26% 31.5%
HD Home Depot 40.48 0.99%   40.16 2.24% -0.8%
HON Honeywell 37.25 2.21%   45.24 2.01% 21.4%
AA Alcoa 29.57 2.03%   30.01 2.00% 1.5%
INTC Intel 24.96 1.28%   20.25 1.98% -18.9%
CAT Caterpillar 57.77 1.73%   61.33 1.96% 6.2%
PG Procter & Gamble 57.88 1.94%   64.27 1.93% 11.0%
UTX United Technologies 55.91 1.57%   62.52 1.70% 11.8%
XOM ExxonMobil 56.17 2.07%   76.63 1.67% 36.4%
BA Boeing 70.24 1.71%   88.84 1.58% 26.5%
WMT Wal-Mart 46.80 1.28%   46.18 1.45% -1.3%
MSFT Microsoft 26.15 1.38%   29.86 1.34% 14.2%
IBM International Business Machines 82.20 0.97%   97.15 1.24% 18.2%
AXP American Express 51.46 0.93%   60.67 0.99% 17.9%
AIG American International Group 68.23 0.88%   71.66 0.92% 5.0%
DIS Disney 23.97 1.13%   34.27 0.90% 43.0%
HPQ Hewlett-Packard 28.63 1.12%   41.19 0.78% 43.9%
Index Description Price Avg Yield   Price Avg Yield 2006 % Chg
- - on 12/31/05 on 12/31/05   on 12/29/06 on 12/29/06 See Note 1
Dogs of the Dow 10 highest yielding Dow stocks on 12/31/05 - 4.77%   - 3.59% 24.8%
Small Dogs of the Dow 5 lowest priced Dogs on 12/31/05 - 6.00%   - 3.91% 35.2%
Dow 30 30 Dow stocks on 12/31/05 - 2.67%   - 2.34% 18.2%
DJIA Dow Jones Industrial Index 10,717.50 2.67%   12,463.15 2.34% 16.3%

Note 1: 2006 % change figures do not include for dividends, commissions, or taxes.
Note 2: Prices as of 12/31/05 are revised for subsequent price adjustments (e.g. stock splits) which occur during the following year. For a list of the Dogs of the Dow with their unadjusted 12/31/05 prices, see the 2006 Dogs of the Dow.

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