dividends

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It is a tactic that has paid dividends.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

To that end, stocks in the fund grew their dividends by 15% annually over the past three years, on average, compared with 12% for the S&P 500, he notes.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

This time, producers including Diamondback and EOG Resources EOG 2.52%increase; green up pointing triangle have promised to do those very things while shelving variable dividends.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The fund made high-yielding junior loans to the firms that helped pay high dividends when the companies were booming but now put shareholders first in line for losses.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 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