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This is a 1-year performance recap of the stocks mentioned in an article published on March 26, 2010 generated by Dividends4Life of Dividends Value.

Symbol	Name	2010 Adj. Price*	2011 Price	% change	Yield at rec'd
RAVN	Raven Industries	28.16	58.65	108.27%	2.89%
HIFS	Hingham Savings	32.34	51.00	57.70%	2.83%
COP	ConocoPhillips	49.11	80.24	63.39%	4.22%
WSM	Williams-Sonoma	26.18	39.45	50.69%	1.88%
SBUX	Starbucks	24.16	36.90	52.73%	1.58%
CSBK	Clifton Savings	9.15	11.94	30.49%	2.50%
VLGEA	Village Super Market	26.52	29.14	9.88%	3.61%
RTN	Raytheon Co	55.56	50.80	-8.57%	2.62%
	Average			45.57%	2.77%
	Dow Industrials	10850.36	12220.59	12.63%
	S&P 500	1166.59	1313.8	12.62%

The average total return for this portfolio over the last year was 45.57% while the median was 50.69%. Only two of the eight stocks underperformed the market. The remaining six stocks averaged a whopping 60% gain in the last year.

Raven Industries (RAVN), which has increased its dividend every year for 25 years and sports an exceptionally low dividend yield last year, outranked the gains of every stock on the list by almost double with a total return exceeding 108%. The average yield of all the stocks on the list was 2.77%.

*All 2010 prices are adjusted to reflect dividends and splits

This is a 1-year performance recap based on the most popular stock list that appeared on SeekingAlpha.com.  On March 19, 2010, the most popular stock list was generated by Dividends4Life of Dividends Value in an article titled "9 Dividend Stocks Building Future Yield." 

Based on the total return performance of the list, the average gain was 9.09% while the median return was 11.07%.  Although the stock list's average return didn't exceed the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Aveage or the S&P 500 of the same period, the median return implies that this list offered reasonable opportunity to exceed the market return if the buyer used discretion when purchasing the stocks.

Because this is only a one year review, we believe that there may be no relationship to the short-term outcome versus the long-term expectations.  Remember, past performance is no guarantee of future failure.