Dividend Champions: Focus on Resources

The Dividend Champions spreadsheet and PDF have been updated through 2/28/11 and 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 sixth in a series of articles focusing on specific industries and isolating the CCC companies within those industries. The first five can be found under my articles page, beginning on March 2. More than Oil The extraction of materials from nature has been important for many years, even centuries, if not millennia. The heaviest degree of media attention focuses on oil and natural gas, but mining companies and those involved in agriculture also fall into this category. In addition, I'm including chemical companies because most of their... Read more