Given the historically slow pace of change for dividends, the growth in dividend payers since January 2003 has been remarkable. Unlike the prior 20 years when the number of paying issues actually declined by 25, since the start of 2003 the number of paying issues within the SP 500 issues has risen by 10 to 386. For the remainder of 2006, we expect a continuation in both dividend increases and initiations among SP 500 constituents, resulting in another double-digit gain in dividend payments.
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It's still very good growth, considering. And again, there's nothing wrong with repurchases.
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I would definitely agree that numbers are cleaner than they've been in several years. But a decade I don't know.
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