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Dividends are yet another way for investors to earn income in these choppy times.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Dividends, too, are real, tangible things—and investors flocked to them too.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Dividends are what companies pay when they’ve run out of ideas.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026

Dividends to stockholders jumped to $3.6 billion in 2016, from $1.3 billion the year before.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Cappy always declared that any clerk can negotiate successfully a charter at the going rates in a stiff market, but skippers are, in the final analysis, the Genii of the Dividends.

From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)