Dividend Champions: Focus on Financials

The Dividend Champions spreadsheet and PDF have been updated through 2/28/11 both are available here. N ote 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. Together, all of these companies may be referred to using the abbreviation “CCC.” This is the fourth in a series of articles focusing on specific industries and isolating the CCC companies within those industries. The first covered Master Limited Partnerships (or MLPs) and can be found here; The second covered Real Estate Investment Trusts (or REITs) and can be found here; The third covered Utilities and can be found here. What are Financials? I'm starting again with what may seem like a facetious question so that I can spell out what is (and what is not) included in this article. Of course, the... Read more