For those who would like an exercise look at the companies recommended in this book on pg 147\148 (written in 2004).  
- List the "Companies That Boosted Their Dividend Consistently" 
- Chart the dividend growth since 2002 to see if they've maintained their dividend pymt and div growth.
- Highlight which companies you end up with.  It may be a nice list.
	
	
	
	
		
	
 
 
	
	
		Here you are:  Let us know how it turns out.
Long-Term Dividend-Paying Stocks 
3M Co. 
Abbott Laboratories ALLTEL Corp 
Altria Groupt 
AmSouth Bancorp 
Anheuser-Busch
Archer-Daniels-Midland 
Automatic Data Processing 
Avery Dennison Corp. 
Bank of America 
Bard (C.R) 
Becton, Dickinson 
Century Telephone Inc. 
Chubb Corp. 
Clorox Co. 
Coca-Cola Co. 
Comerica Inc. 
ConAgra Foods 
Consolidated Edison 
Donnelley (RR) & Sons 
Dover Corp 
Emerson Electric 
Family Dollar Stores 
Paid Each Year Since 
First Term National 
Gannett Co. 
General Electric 
Grainger  
Heinz (H.J.) 
Household International 
Jefferson-Pilot 
Johnson & Johnson 
Johnson Controls 
KeyCorp 
Kimberly-Clark 
Leggett & Platt 
Lilly (Eli) 
Lowe's Cos. 
Masco Corp. 
May Dept Stores 
McDonald's Corp. 
McGraw-Hill Companies 
Merck & Co. 
Nucor Corp. 
PepsiCo Inc. 
Pfizer Inc. 
PPG Indus 
Procter & Gamble 
Regions Financial 
Rohm & Haas 
Sigma-Aldrich 
Stanley Works Supervalu Inc. 
Target Corp 
TECO Energy 
U.S. Bancorp 
VF Corp 
Wal-Mart Stores 
Walgreen Co