S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index

The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats is a index of large cap blue chip companies that have been paying increasing dividends year after year for at least 25 years. This is an equal weighting index and there is no way of directly investing in an index. These dividend paying companies are across all industries, not just utilities or financials. Compared to the S&P 500 the Dividend Aristocrats have outperformed on 1year, 3year and 5 year basis and past performance is not indicative of future return. Performance as of Dec 2011 1yr. S&P 500. 2.11% 1yr. Div Aristocrats. 8.33% 3yr. S&P 500. 14.11% 3yr. Div Aristocrats. 17.84% 5yr. S&P 500. -0.25% 5yr. Div Aristocrats 4.59% As of March 1st 2013 there are 54 constituents and the top 10 are as follows: Archer Daniels midland ADM 2.37% Abbvie Inc ABBV 4.18% Grainger WW. GWW 1.40% Clorox CLX 3.04% Kimblery Clark. KMB 3.41% Procter & Gamble PG 2.93% Leggett & Platt LEG 3.76% Cincinnati Financial CINF 3.60% Genuine Parts GPC 2.99% Chubb Corp CB 2.07%