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Top Dividend Challengers Vs. Dogs Of The Dow In January
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Published Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:22:05 -0500 on Seeking Alpha
Last week David Fish published his Dividend Challengers: Smackdown XXII on Seeking Alpha. He defines Challengers as "companies that have paid higher dividends for 5-9 years." This article utilizes the dogs of the index strategy to sort David's Top 10 Challengers as of January 13 into a suitable grouping of 10 to trade. The aim of this article is to help answer the question, "which dividend stocks are good, better, best, bad or ugly?" This article also aims to provide strong evidence of the need to heed Yale professor Robert Shiller's observation: "People still place too much confidence in the markets and have too strong a belief that paying attention to the gyrations in their investments will someday make them rich, and so they do not make conservative preparations for possible bad outcomes." The Dogs of the Index Strategy Two key metrics determine the yields that rank index dog stocks:... Read more
Stock name ISIN Last trade P/E Earnings/Share Dividend/Share Dividend yield DYNEX CAPITAL 
US26817Q5062 10.91 8.1 1.36 1.16 10.63 PENNANTPARK INVESTMENT
US7080621045 11.33 9.3 1.21 1.12 9.89 TRIANGLE CAPITAL
US8958481090 29.22 12.1 2.41 2.16 7.39 AMERIGAS PARTNERS LP
US0309751065 47.53 74.5 0.63 3.36 7.07 TARGA RESOURCES PARTNERS LP
US87611X1054 48.64 40.1 1.21 2.79 5.74 HEALTH CARE REIT
US42217K1060 77.74 316.1 0.25 3.06 3.94 CHEVIOT FINANCIAL
US1667741094 11.40 25.7 0.44 0.36 3.16 TELEFONICA
US8793822086 14.40 4.2 0.00 0.00 0.00