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If they want income, there’s a problem: Dividends on the S&P are only just over 1%—and only a whisker above their lowest ever, in 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Dividends are a little different across the pond.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026

Dividends don’t loom as large as they once did.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

On two days of Dives's diary are printed notices that "Dividends are due at the Bank."

From Roundabout Papers by Thackeray, William Makepeace