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S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats

S&P 500® Dividend Aristocrats Index measures the performance of S&P 500 constituents that have consistently increased dividends every year for at least 25 consecutive years. Companies included come from a broad spectrum of industries. Unlike stocks that focus only on high dividend yields, which are typically from the Financials and Utilities sectors, the “Aristocrats” are well diversified across all sectors.

Performance Data

(as of 20-Nov-2009 )
Daily Annualized
Index Name Close Market Cap ($Million) Index Level Performance
1 Day MTD QTD YTD
TOTAL RETURNS
S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (TR) N/A 764.52 -.29% 5.38% 4.21% 24.89%
PRICE RETURNS
S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats 2,085,986.60 436.79 -.31% 5.11% 3.88% 21.09%
Index Name Performance
(as of 31-Oct-2009 )
1 Year 3 Year 5 Year
TOTAL RETURNS
S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (TR) 14.07% -2.62% 3.36%
PRICE RETURNS
S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats 9.9% -5.56% .51%

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Index Level Performance

  (as of 20-Nov-2009)
Cumulative Performance

Index Characteristics

(as of 20-Nov-2009)




Number of Constituents 51
Close Market Cap ($ Billion) 2,085.99
Constituent Mkt. Cap(Adjusted $ Billion)
  - Average 40.90
  - Largest 46.12
  - Smallest 29.65
  - Median 40.78
% Weight Largest Constituent 2.21%
Top 10 Holdings(% Market Cap Share) 21.51%

Top 10 Constituents by Market Cap

(as of 20-Nov-2009)
Constituent Symbol GICS® Sector Price ($)
Abbott Laboratories ABT Health Care 53.64
McGraw-Hill Cos Inc MHP Consumer Discretionary 30.99
Stanley Works SWK Industrials 48.95
Family Dollar Stores Inc FDO Consumer Discretionary 30.38
Walgreen Co WAG Consumer Staples 38.97
Centurytel Inc CTL Telecommunication Services 35.61
McDonald's Corp MCD Consumer Discretionary 63.97
Kimberly-Clark KMB Consumer Staples 64.75
Lilly, Eli & Co LLY Health Care 36.59
Pfizer Inc PFE Health Care 18.36

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