Dow 30 Review

I thought I would study the Dividends and Yield of the Dow 30 stocks.  Dividend stocks were all the rage last year, almost like people just now discovered the importance of dividends. Here are the current dividends for all 30 Dow stocks.

AA ................. 0.12 ............ 1.20%

AXP ............... 0.80 ............ 1.40%

BA .................. 1.76 ............ 2.40%

BAC ............... 0.04 ............ 0.40%

CAT ............... 1.84 ............. 1.70%

CSCO ............ 0.32 ............. 1.50%

CVX .............. 3.24 .............. 3.00%

DD ................. 1.64 .............. 3.10%

DIS ................ 0.60 ............... 1.40%

GE ................. 0.68 ............... 3.40%

HD ................. 1.16 ............... 2.30%

HPQ ............... 0.48 ............... 2.00%

IBM ............... 3.00 ................ 1.40%

INTC ............. 0.84 ................ 3.00%

JNJ ................ 2.28 ................. 3.50%

JPM ............... 1.20 ................. 2.60%

KO ................ 2.04 ................. 2.80%

KFT ............... 1.16 ................. 3.10%

MCD .............. 2.80 ................ 2.90%

MMM ............ 2.36 ................. 2.60%

MRK .............. 1.16 ................. 4.40%

MSFT ............. 0.80 ................. 2.50%

PFE ................ 0.88 ................. 3.90%

PG .................. 2.10 ................. 3.10%

T ..................... 1.76 ................. 5.60%

TRV ................ 1.64 ................. 2.80%

UTX ................ 1.92 ................. 2.30%

VZ ................... 2.00 ................. 5.20%

WMT ............... 1.59 ................. 2.60%

XOM ................ 1.88 ................ 2.20%

If  you could buy 100 shares of all these stocks, at the end of the year or 12 month period, you would get back 4,409.00 in dividends.

The average yield return for all 30 Dow stocks is 2.67%