In this article, we will take a look at some of the best dogs of the Dow stocks.Research published in the International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance points to the work of Michael O’Higgins and John Downes, authors of Beating the Dow, who laid out a simple but influential investment idea. They showed that an equally weighted basket made up of the 10 highest dividend-paying stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average often delivers better returns than the DJIA itself.This approach became widely know ...