Dividend Champions: Focus on Healthcare

The Dividend Champions spreadsheet and PDF have been updated through 2/28/11 and are available at 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 fifth in a series of articles focusing on specific industries and isolating the CCC companies within those industries. The first four can be found under my articles page, beginning on March 2. More than Drugs The importance of Health Care companies is becoming clearer every day, both with the aging of the Baby Boomers (and their increased need for health care) and with the actions of state and federal governments, which are legislating mandates and regulations in an attempt to rein in costs. For many years,... Read more