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<Leggett & Platt (LEG), 4.8% yield: It is difficult to find yield in this sector. LEG makes a lot of stuff, components for products such that it is unlikely you would see their name on anything, at least I cannot recall seeing the name on anything. This sort of company reminds be of a company from a long time ago called Applied Magnetics which made the arm that went on disk drives back then but with LEG the products are much simpler. The stock is a small cap, went down every bit with the market during the crisis but has come back a little faster. The stock is not cheap but the dividend is well covered and earnings are forecast to grow meaningfully in 2012 setting the stage for an increase in the dividend.

(Still LONG here)