10 Best Dow Dividend Stocks for 2011

(TheStreet) -- Pimco, the bond-fund manager that has predicted the next five years would be a "new normal" of slow economic growth and below-average investment returns, last week boosted its 2011 economic-growth forecast by a full percentage point. Pimco's new normal, coined last year after the financial meltdown and stock-market crash, has cast a pall over the investing world because the firm runs the world's biggest bond fund and employs some of the smartest guys in investing. With U.S. stocks struggling this year, it seemed Pimco's prediction was coming true. But some investors disagreed. Warren Buffett, the billionaire CEO of Fisher Investments, said as stocks were rebounding in September that the next decade would be as fruitful as the 1990s, when the S&P 500 Index rose in eight of 10 years. He called the concept of the new normal "idiotic." Just on Friday, "Mad Money's" Jim Cramer said a "raging" bull market is beginning, helped by tax cuts. So the case for stocks is more compelling, given the low yields offered by bonds and the government's commitment to accelerate economic growth. Among the cheapest stocks in the U.S. market are Dow components, which offer clean balance sheets, powerful brands and emerging-markets exposure. Below are analysts' aggregate ratings, calculated by Bloomberg, of the bottom 20 Dow dividend stocks. The top 10 follow. 30. Travelers TRV, Aggregate Rating: 3.58/5 29. Verizon VZ, Aggregate Rating: 3.73/5 28. Exxon Mobil XOM, Aggregate Rating: 3.74/5 27. Caterpillar CAT, Aggregate Rating: 3.79/5 26. Alcoa AA, Aggregate Rating: 3.82/5 25. Disney DIS, Aggregate Rating: 4.06/5 Continue reading the article.