Chasing Value: 2010 Dividends for Ten Stock Picks


During my tenure at BloggingStocks I have expressed my opinion often about the contribution that dividends make to your overall return. Most shrewd investors, and especially "my pal Warren," know this and understand why I re-emphasize the point when I make my annual selections.

By now I hope you have had a chance to peruse my picks for 2010. If not the links below will give you another opportunity.

The yields are from the closing prices on Monday December 28, 2009.

The average dividend yield for the ten picks is 2.43%. At each quarterly review the relative portion will be added to the results. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index, for comparison, has an average yield of 1.94%. This gives my picks a 0.49% advantage from day one.

Disclosure: Among the positions discussed in this post, I own shares of BRK.B, GBE, EZPW, WMB, GE, RTN and ETFC options.

Sheldon Liber is the CEO of a small private investment company and the principal for design and research at an architecture & planning firm. He writes the columns Chasing Value and Serious Money.

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