#dividends being paid by #stocks TODAY: $EQR (3.3%) $BEN (2.0%) $RSG (2.6%) $ESS (3.0%) $CINF (2.6%)

Much of the return on investing in the stock market comes in the form of
dividends (especially when reinvested). Here are a few of the stocks that
will pay dividends to their owners today:

Equity Residential Common Share (symbol: EQR) dividend yield: 3.31%,
Franklin Resources, Inc. Common (symbol: BEN) dividend yield: 2.00%,
Republic Services, Inc. Common (symbol: RSG) dividend yield: 2.59%, Essex
Property Trust, Inc. Comm (symbol: ESS) dividend yield: 3.02%, Cincinnati
Financial Corporatio (symbol: CINF) dividend yield: 2.55%.