Dividend Champions: Focus on Consumer Discretionary

The Dividend Champions spreadsheet and PDF have been updated through 2/28/11. 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. Together, all of these companies may be referred to using the abbreviation “CCC.” This is the ninth in a series of articles focusing on specific industries and isolating the CCC companies within those industries. The first eight can be found under my Articles page, beginning on March 2. Consumer Choices Beyond our basic needs, we face many choices of how to spend our consumer dollars. That includes personal products from tissues to household cleaners and clothing to entertainment, as well as the retailers where we choose to spend those dollars. (Retailing is often presented as an industry of its own, and I could have included grocers... Read more