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a company hands you a slice of its profit, or more paper claiming it will someday.
means a cash or stock payment a company makes to shareholders out of its earnings, usually on a regular schedule.
from from latin dividendum, the thing to be divided — dutch east india company investors got the first recorded cash payouts in 1602, proving profit-sharing is older than the stock certificate itself.
tax trapstock dividends can be taxed even if unsold
aristocrats clubsome firms have raised payouts 50+ straight years
ex-dividend dropshare price falls by roughly the payout amount
berkshire rulebuffett's company has never paid a dividend
for instance
coca-cola — 62 consecutive years of dividend increases
procter gamble — dividend aristocrat since 1957, still paying
agnc investment — pays monthly, yields often above 10 percent
general electric — slashed its dividend 2018, symbol of decline