GE is one of the 15 top dividend-paying stocks by total dollar amount in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, paying out a whopping $8.6 billion annually, based on the current rate: 92 cents a share per year. That’s a yield of nearly 3%, based on yesterday’s closing price of $30.76, according to the just-out issue of Barron‘s.
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Shares of big employers in the Boulevard Stock Portfolio, ranked by weekly performance at today’s closing price, with the S&P 500 index for comparison.

Shares of big employers in the Boulevard Stock Portfolio, ranked by weekly performance at yesterday’s closing price, with the S&P 500 index for comparison.

Shortly after the start of trading, overall U.S. stock markets are sharply higher. Among Boulevard‘s stocks of local interest, Kindred leads, recently trading for $13.30, up 1.6%.