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To: Bocor who wrote (10564)	12/9/2011 7:20:17 AM
From: Bocor	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34328

S&P just announced that it’s adding 10 new stocks to the Dividend Aristocrats and deleting one. This brings the new of Aristocrats up to 52. The new additions are: Franklin Resources ( $BEN) HCP Incorporated ( $HCP) T. Rowe Price ( $TROW) AT&T ( $T) Colgate-Palmolive ( $CL) Genuine Parts ( $GPC) Illinois Tool Works ( $ITW) Medtronic ( $MDT) Nucor ( $NUE) Sysco ( $SYY) The only deletion was CenturyLink ( $CTL). Howard Silverblatt of S&P passes on some dividend facts (via Michael Aneiro): * Year-to-date (YTD) dividend payers in the S&P 500 have returned 1.72%, compared to the non-payers loss of 4.63% * The actual dividend payment YTD is up 16.2% * The indicated dividend rate (based on the current rate) is up 16.8% YTD, but still off 4.9% from the June 2008 high * From 1995 the S&P 500 indicated dividend yield has averaged 43% of the U.S. 10-year Treasury note, the current rate is 105% * 215 issues have a current yield higher than the 10-year Treasury crossingwallstreet.com