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To: seminole who wrote (4329)	4/7/2010 1:08:11 PM
From: Steve Felix	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34328

< It would have been nice to see how companies that pay dividends, companies that pay high dividends, companies that raise their dividends performed as a group. I expect those that raise their dividends are the only group that outperformed the SP500. > Closest thing I have found to an answer: ___________________________________________________________ The numbers don't lie The folks at Ned Davis Research calculated S&P 500 stock returns from January 1972 to April 2009, based on companies' dividend policies: Category Annual Gain, 1972 to 2009 $100 Became ... Dividend Cutters or Eliminators 0.5% $120 Non-Dividend Payers 0.7% $129 S&P 500 6.2% $941 Dividend Payers With No Change in Dividends 6.2% $941 Dividend Growers and Initiators 8.7% $2,246 fool.com