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dividend

[div-i-dend] / ˈdɪv ɪˌdɛnd /


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Concerns over its fragmented shareholder base prompted the European Central Bank to suspend certain voting rights and effectively ban dividend payments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Southern Co. is poised to join the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index after 24 consecutive years of dividend increases.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

You can click on the tickers for more information, including profiles of each bank and dividend yields for the stocks.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

The S&P 500 yield is 1.2%, near its dot-com bubble low, prompting a search for dividend growers with low payout ratios.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 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




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