dividends

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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

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

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

NextEra Energy, Public Service Enterprise Group, Duke Energy, Constellation Energy, and Dominion Energy are all quality firms that offer clean-energy upside potential and pay decent dividends while investors await capital gains.

From Barron's • May 8, 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