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2. Dividend - Wikipedia

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   A dividend is a distribution of profits by a corporation to its shareholders. When a corporation earns a profit or surplus, it is able to pay a portion of the profit as a dividend to shareholders. Any amount not distributed is taken to be re-invested in the business (called retained earnings ).

3. Should You Buy the 3 Highest-Paying Dividend Stocks in the ...

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   3. Dow, the chemicals company. Just to make things complicated, one of the highest-yielding stocks on the Dow is Dow. Dow Inc. (just Dow from now on) is a large chemicals company, and it yields ...

4. Yield gap - Wikipedia

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   The yield gap or yield ratio is the ratio of the dividend yield of an equity and the yield of a long-term government bond. Typically equities have a higher yield (as a percentage of the market price of the equity) thus reflecting the higher risk of holding an equity. [1] [2] The purpose of calculating the yield gap is to assess whether the ...

5. Dogs of the Dow - Wikipedia

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   The Dogs of the Dow is an investment strategy popularized by Michael B. O'Higgins in a 1991 book and his Dogs of the Dow website.. The strategy proposes that an investor annually select for investment the ten stocks listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average whose dividend is the highest fraction of their price, i.e. stocks with the highest dividend yield.

6. Stocks close mixed as yields recede from 16-year highs ... - AOL

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   Stocks were mixed on Monday after the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield briefly rose above 5%, before retreating as investors increasingly accept interest rates will stay higher for longer.. The ...

7. S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats - Wikipedia

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   S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats. The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats is a stock market index composed of the companies in the S&P 500 index that have increased their dividends in each of the past 25 consecutive years. It was launched in May 2005.