#dividends being paid by #stocks TODAY: $AMT (2.2%) $CME (2.1%) $EQR (3.1%) $BEN (2.0%) $DLR (3.4%)

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:

American Tower Corporation (REI (symbol: AMT) dividend yield: 2.20%, CME
Group Inc. (symbol: CME) dividend yield: 2.05%, Equity Residential Common
Share (symbol: EQR) dividend yield: 3.08%, Franklin Resources, Inc. Common
(symbol: BEN) dividend yield: 1.96%, Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Comm
(symbol: DLR) dividend yield: 3.38%.