Dividend Champions For May 2013

The Dividend Champions spreadsheet and PDF have been updated through 4/30/13 and are available at http://dripinvesting.org/Tools/Tools.asp Note that all references to Champions mean companies that have paid higher dividends for at least 25 straight years; Contenders have streaks of 10-24 years; Challengers have streaks of 5-9 years. "CCC" refers to the universe of Champions, Contenders, and Challengers. The Beat Goes On The month of April might well serve as a microcosm for 2013, in general. While there were a generous amount of dividend increases - in conjunction with annual shareholder meetings - the addition of new companies seemed to alternate with deletions throughout the month and the CCC population ended up right about where it was at the start of the month. I anticipate that being the case for the rest of the year, but 2014 should bring a new wave of Challengers. The list of "Near-Challengers" -... Read more