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PPG is a leading manufacturer of coatings and resins, flat and fiber glass, and Industrial and specialty chemicals.

PPG Industries is a dividend aristocrat as well as a component of the S&P 500 index. It has been increasing its dividends for the past 36 consecutive years. From the end of 1997 up until August 2008 this dividend growth stock has delivered an annual average total return of 4.40 % to its shareholders.

Barron's interviews Legg Mason (LM) value investors Harry Cohen and Scott Glasser, whose Legg Mason Partners Appreciation outdid the S&P 500 by nine points over the past year, despite losing 0.69%.<!---->

They say the time to get bearish was a year ago -- now it's time to be cautious. Financials will not bottom until investors "start thinking in terms of absolute losses and really get scared." Energy, industrials, agriculture and materials - not financials - will lead the market higher, although it doesn't seem to have bottomed yet.