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The Beauty Of 'Coiled Spring' Stocks For Dividend Growth Investors
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Published Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:46:02 -0400 on Seeking Alpha
Many investors look back at the performance of the stock market over the past 10 years and conclude that it was a "lost decade" for investors. It is easy to see why many share this opinion. For example, the S&P 500 started the year 2002 at 1148. Over 10 years later, the S&P 500 closed July 16, 2012 at 1354, for a measly nominal return of slightly under 1.7% annualized. Worse yet, real returns for this decade have been negative, as inflation has easily outpaced 1.7% over the past 10 years. On the other hand, anyone ignoring the stock market and focusing only on the performance of actual companies would not consider the past 10 years to have been a "lost decade" at all. In order to see why, let us look at the performance of Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT), one of the most common stocks that people refer to... Read more
Stock name ISIN Last trade P/E Earnings/Share Dividend/Share Dividend yield JPMORGAN CHASE 
US46625H1005 52.30 9.1 5.60 1.52 2.91 MICROSOFT
US5949181045 34.87 17.6 1.94 0.92 2.64 WAL-MART STORES
US9311421039 77.87 15.6 5.02 1.88 2.41