Thursday, November 02, 2006

October Performance of Dividend Payers versus Non Payers

Following is an update on the performance of dividend paying versus non-dividend paying stocks in the S&P 500 Index for the month of October. This information is compiled by Standard and Poors.

Total Return Performance as of October 31, 2006:





S&P 500

Average Average S&P 500 Weighted

S&P 500 S&P 500 Weighted Total

Payers Non-payers Change Return
Month - average change 3.72% 3.12% 3.15% 3.26%
YTD 13.24% 9.14% 10.39% 12.06%
12-months 19.35% 14.11% 14.16% 16.34%
Issues 384 116 500 500
Average yield
1.89%
1.81%


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