dividends

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And for China, as the crisis continues in the Strait of Hormuz, its own gamble on Russian energy appears to be paying dividends.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Gross returns reflect dividends paid to investors as well as their investment’s change in value, before fees.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 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

Vast data-center ambitions and a memory-chip crunch are driving Big Tech’s artificial-intelligence spending higher — and it’s likely coming at the expense of stock buybacks and dividends.

From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026

He understood a lot about how to speculate for land, graze it, subdivide it, make it pay dividends.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols