2009 Dogs of the DOW

The "Dogs of the DOW" are the ten highest yielding stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the end of the year.

The Dogs of the DOW for 2009 are

Symbol	Company	Price	Yield
BAC	Bank of America	14.08	9.09%
GE	General Electric	16.20	7.65%
PFE	Pfizer	17.71	7.23%
DD	DuPont	25.30	6.48%
AA	Alcoa	11.26	6.04%
T	AT&T	28.50	5.75%
VZ	Verizon	33.90	5.43%
MRK	Merck	30.40	5.00%
JPM	JP Morgan Chase	31.53	4.82%
KFT	Kraft	26.85	4.32%

Prices and yields shown are the 12/31/08 close.

2008 Dogs of the DOW

The 10-year US Treasury ended 2008 with a 2.24% yield and the 30-year was at 2.691%.

	COUPON	MATURITY DATE	CURRENT YIELD %
3-Month	0.000	04/02/2009	0.08
6-Month	0.000	07/02/2009	0 .27
12-Month	0.000	12/17/2009	0 .37
2-Year	0.875	12/31/2010	0 .87
3-Year	1.125	12/15/2011	1.11
5-Year	1.500	12/31/2013	1.71
10-Year	3.750	11/15/2018	2.41
30-Year	4.500	05/15/2038	2.81

Beware! Sometimes stocks are in the "Dogs of the Dow" list in anticipation of dividend cuts and/or poor stock performance in the year ahead. The 2008 Dogs of the DOW were real dogs. They under performed the market as two of the top three high yield stocks, Citigroup and GM, were crushed by poor business execution.

In 2008, the DOG of the Dow were down 41.6% versus the Dow Jones Index performance of -36.9%.

See U.S. Treasuries Rates at a Glance for more rates and yields vs. time.

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