Meet Your 2015 Dogs of the Dow

Below is the potential 2015 "Dogs of the Dow" list, which represents the top 10 dividend yielding stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the beginning of the year.

According to our calculations, three new stocks will be added to the list this year: Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), and Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG)-or-Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), replacing Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT).

Last year's 'Dogs' increased by 10.3%, outstripping the 8.7% gain in the Dow 30 as a whole. Notably, last year's three old tech dogs that have now been taken off the list (INTC, CSCO, MSFT) saw gains of 41.9%, 26.1% and 25.7%, respectively.

2015 Dogs of the Dow:

1. AT&T (NYSE: T) - Dividend Yield 5.5% - 2014 performance -3.2%
2. Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) - Dividend Yield 4.7%- 2014 performance -3.9%
3. Chevron (NYSE: CVX) - Dividend Yield 3.8% - 2014 performance -10.1%
4. General Electric (NYSE: GE) - Dividend Yield 3.7% - 2014 performance -9.3%
5. McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) Dividend Yield 3.5%- 2014 performance -2.7%
6. Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) - Dividend Yield 3.5% - 2014 performance +3.3%
7. Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) - Dividend Yield 3% (NEW ADDITION) - 2014 performance +1.8%
8. Merck (NYSE: MRK) - Dividend Yield 3% - 2014 performance +15.4%
9. ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) - Dividend Yield 2.9% (NEW ADDITION) - 2014 performance -8.7%
10. Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) - Dividend Yield 2.8% (NEW ADDITION) - 2014 performance +13.7% - OR - Coca-Coka (NYSE: KO) - Dividend Yield 2.8% (NEW ADDITION) - 2014 performance +2.9%

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