Monday, October 06, 2008
"It's
Wall Street's best-kept secret. America Inc. is falling over itself
to hand out scads of cash to shareholders -- $155 billion in
dividends in 2003 -- but investors are reacting as suspiciously as
they might to someone trying to give away $10 bills in Times Square.
The result: Despite the powerful runup in the major market indexes,
dividend-paying stocks are still a terrific buy, especially given
that, tax-wise, the spurned dividends are
now as valuable as capital
gains.Clearly, investors are thinking about dividend stocks the wrong
way."
Business Week December 2003
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