Counting Down the Best of the Big 30 The Dow Jones Industrial Average has had a
very interesting year. The overall blue-chip index has ticked up about 10% since
Jan. 1, but a large number of stocks haven't shown investors fireworks, to say
the least. Aside from a handful of tremendous gainers and a handful of
tremendous losers, the overall Dow index has just plodded along. (Check out my
previous article with a complete list of returns for all 30 Dow stocks in 2011
for details.) However, if you focus solely on share price, you are overlooking
the power of dividends. Many Dow components offer robust dividend yields, and
this income power should be taken into consideration. Stable blue-chip stocks
with significant dividends are an important part of many individual investors'
strategies, whether it's just providing a firm backbone for their portfolio or
they are mainly focused on income investments. So which Dow stocks offer the
biggest dividend potential? Here are the top 10 Dow dividend stocks as of May
2011:
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