5 Dividend Payers to Save Your Portfolio
Published Tue, 17 May 2011 on The Motley Fool

That George Santayana quote was always a little pessimistic for me. As investors, it certainly behooves us to study the past, figuring out what didn't work and how we can avoid it. But I think we're also well-served by looking at what did work, and figuring out how we can repeat that. With that in mind, I was making the most of CNNMoney's great trove of past Fortune 500 data to examine the returns of some of the largest companies (based on profits) of decades past. Here's what I found.... Read more