Topic: How To Invest

Special Report on Low P/E, High-Yield U.S. Stocks with Strong Growth Potential

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We still think investors will profit most—and with the least risk—by buying shares of well-established, dividend-paying stocks with strong business prospects. These are companies that have strong positions in healthy industries. They also have strong management that will make the right moves to remain competitive in a changing marketplace. Stocks like these give investors an additional measure of safety in today’s volatile markets. And the best ones offer an attractive combination of moderate p/e’s (the ratio of a stock’s price to its per-share earnings), steady or rising dividend yields (annual dividend divided by the share price) and promising growth prospects. Here are 20 stocks we think meet those criteria: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 3M Company, $142.32, symbol MMM on New York (Shares outstanding: 654.3 million; Market cap: $93.1 billion; www.3m.com), is one of the world’s largest industrial companies. It makes over 55,000 products in five main business segments: industrial (which supplies 34% of its sales and 32% of its earnings), safety and graphics (18%, 18%), electronics and energy…