This passive ETF holds positions in S&P 500 companies that have consistently raised their dividends each year. It's been hammered lately because of its exposure to the domestic financial sector, but it's on a DRIP, and that means I get more shares when the dividends are paid out. 8)

Same strategy as SDY, but with international companies only. Great exposure to Canadian financials!

Spun off from TMX years ago. I am in love with this stock. Casame Papi Carlos!

A BRIC ETF. I wanted exposure to the new titans of manufacturing and natural resources. The dividend payout could be more generous, but the expense ratio is pleasantly low.

A gift from a generous relative and employee of Clorox. It's been sluggish as of late, but it's also solid and on a DRIP so I just let it do its thing.

LED lighting systems are the wave of the future, and this company is the best at them!

Update: I switched to this (RWX) from IGR after finding that RWX had a lot of the same major holdings as IGR but a far lower expense ratio. I sold IGR after a solid 10% gain in ~1 month, so I think I got a great short-term gain off of it, and RWX will be great for the long haul. Here's what I had to say about IGR--it also applies to RWX: A international REIT that IMO was greatly undervalued when I picked it up in late Dec. 2007. Its ostensibly brutal expense ratio is remedied by its consistent generous dividend and purely international holdings.

I bought it at its high in 2005, but it has rebounded nicely and is starting to make some money. I'm definitely holding onto it, although I wish I had bought it much lower.