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dividend

[div-i-dend] / ˈdɪv ɪˌdɛnd /


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Canadian Natural Resources is up 52% this year and pays a 3.5% dividend yield.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Last year, he promised to use tariff revenue to give middle- and low-income Americans a $2,000 dividend.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

"What the president is talking about is fundamentally a dividend for American workers," he said.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Capital management and attractive dividend yields are also expected to provide support, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

The companies paid high dividends, and their shares were often costly to borrow: New Century, for instance, paid a 20 percent dividend, and its shares cost 12 percent a year to borrow.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

"It's not hyperbole to say the world wants what we have," he told AFP, calling diversification a "medium-term" strategy already paying dividends.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

Many Americans use the set-it-and-forget-it method for tasks like buying index funds or reinvesting dividends.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

As the tone moves toward horror, though, the decision to make the host the story quickly stops paying dividends.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

Kong hasn’t factored in potential higher dividends, as RHB might need to retain capital to support loan growth while maintaining ROE at around 10%.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Both of these decisions paid dividends the following year, when the prospects for an outright declaration of war against France looked virtually certain.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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