dividends

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Here is how several broad large-cap indexes performed during the first half of 2026, with dividends reinvested:

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

Earlier this month, Strategy sold a portion of its bitcoin holdings to cover dividends obligations for its preferred stock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

The company said among the reasons to sell bitcoin would be to fund its U.S. dollar reserves, which it introduced in December, and to fund preferred stock dividends and interest expenses.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026

Preferred is a senior form of equity, and dividends usually are taxed like those on common stocks, at a top federal rate of 20%.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

That confidence paid dividends when the board turned its attention to Robert Serber, who had been Oppenheimer’s right-hand man in theoretical physics at Los Alamos.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik