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To: Scott Mc who wrote (4376)	7/5/1998 7:05:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78740

Interesting. I try to employ criteria like that for my taxable account except that I keep the bar at 10 years. And TMO is one such example (12 yrs of increasing earnings and does not pay a dividend). I looked up the book and found the following 10 qualifiers : BMET CSCO CBRL FAST HCCC ION KEA MSFT OSM TMO However, it is quite easy for a company to fail to increase earnings (in which case the stock has to be sold). And the fact that the investment is in a taxable account doesn't help matters either. And that is where "earnings achievers and potential future dividend achievers" like SYK come in. A complete list is : CMH DG HD LLTC MBI NWL SYK These generally pay out very low dividends and hence have low dividend yields and are attractive for investment in a taxable account. Of course, one has to watch what price he pays -- that should go without saying. Dipy.