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10 Dividend-Paying Stocks Your Clients Will Want in 2012<br><br>

Investors and their advisors love owning stocks that consistently dole out ever-increasing dividends to shareholders. Not surprisingly, most of the world’s largest companies are also the ones who pay out the largest quarterly and annual dividends.


Dividend-paying stocks historically outperform those that don’t, protect investors' accounts from inflation and provide a tremendous incentive to stay invested in blue-chip stocks rather trading in and out of them and racking up fees.


Here’s an interactive slide show highlighting the 10 stocks expected to deliver the highest dividend payouts in 2012.


*Indicated Annual Dividends (IAD) is a forward-looking measure defined as a company’s most recently paid quarterly dividend multiplied by four.


Source: Dow Jones Indexes
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1. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T)<br><br>

2012 Indicated Annual Dividend Total: $10.5 billion


2012 IAD Payout Per Share: $1.76


Sector: Telecommunications


Share Price as of April 25: $31.80
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2. Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM)<br><br>

2012 Indicated Annual Dividend Total: $9.1 billion


2012 IAD Payout Per Share: $1.88


Sector: Oil & Gas


Share Price as of April 25: $86.89
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3. General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE)<br><br>

2012 Indicated Annual Dividend Total: $7.2 billion


2012 IAD Payout Per Share: $0.68


Sector: Industrials


Share Price as of April 25: $19.48
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4. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE)<br><br>

2012 Indicated Annual Dividend Total: $6.8 billion


2012 IAD Payout Per Share: $0.88


Sector: Health Care


Share Price as of April 25: $22.85
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5. Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX)<br><br>

2012 Indicated Annual Dividend Total: $6.5 billion


2012 IAD Payout Per Share: $3.24


Sector: Oil & Gas


Share Price as of April 25: $103.44
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6. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ)<br><br>

2012 Indicated Annual Dividend Total: $6.2 billion


2012 IAD Payout Per Share: $2.28


Sector: Health Care


Share Price as of April 25: $64.26
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7. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT)<br><br>

2012 Indicated Annual Dividend Total: $6 billion


2012 IAD Payout Per Share: $0.80


Sector: Technology


Share Price as of April 25: $32.15
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8. Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG)<br><br>

2012 Indicated Annual Dividend Total: $5.8 billion


2012 IAD Payout Per Share: $2.10


Sector: Consumer Goods


Share Price as of April 25: $66.75
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9. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ)<br><br>

2012 Indicated Annual Dividend Total: $5.7 billion


2012 IAD Payout Per Share: $2.00


Sector: Telecommunications


Share Price as of April 25: $39.45
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10. Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM)<br><br>

2012 Indicated Annual Dividend Total: $5.3 billion


2012 IAD Payout Per Share: $3.08


Sector: Consumer Goods


Share Price as of April 25: $87.47
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