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Dividend Aristocrats Handily Outperforming Main Indexes in 2008 5 comments

by: David Templeton August 31, 2008 | about: ABT / ADM / ADP / AFL / AHBIF.PK / APD / AVY / BBT / BCR / BDX / CB / CLX / CTL / DIA / DOV / ED / FDO / GCI / GE / GWW / JCI / JNJ / KMB / KO / LEG / LLY / LOW / MCD / MHP / MMM / MTB / NUE / PBI / PEP / PFE / PG / PGR / PPG / QQQQ / ROH / SHW / SIAL / SPY / STR / SWK / TEG / TGT / USB / VFC / WAG / WMT / WWY / XOM

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Three of the major U.S. domestic indexes (Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 Index & Nasdaq Composite Index) had a positive return for the month of August. However, the S&P's Dividend Aristocrats did outperform the three aforementioned benchmarks in August and YTD through August 29, 2008.

Nasdaq YTD= -10.70%
S&P 500 Index YTD = -12.60%
Dow Jones Industrial Average YTD = -13.00%
Dividend Aristocrats YTD = -4.70%

Detail on the performance of the aristocrats is contained in the below spreadsheet. A full copy of the spreadsheet can be accessed by clicking this link.

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- John-Galt:
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Good resource!!
2008 Aug 31 03:25 PM | Link | Reply
- woodsey:
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Cherry picked.
2008 Aug 31 03:34 PM | Link | Reply
- Jake2:
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A non-starter.
2008 Aug 31 04:48 PM | Link | Reply
- sbenard:
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I always get a kick in the pants from people who say that index XYZ performed BETTER than the market, when in reality, they just lost LESS!
2008 Sep 01 08:18 PM | Link | Reply
- Dividend Gr...:
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- • Instablog (5)
Great resource David!
It's great to see that dividends are cushioning the losses for investors this year. To everyone else who believes that this is a short term phenomenon, please check this link out:

dividendgrowth.blogspo...
2008 Sep 03 09:32 AM | Link | Reply