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What are Dividends?

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Dividends are payments made to stockholders from a firm's earnings, whether those earnings were generated in the current period or in previous periods.

When dividends are paid, shareholders in many countries, including the United States, suffer from stock buyback, in which the company buys back stock, thereby increasing the value of the stock left outstanding. While it may be true that in the stock market there is no rule without an exception, there are some principles which are tough to dispute. We'll review 10 general principles to help investors get a better grasp of how to approach the market from a long-term view. Keep in mind that these guidelines are quite general, each with different applications depending on the circumstance. But every point embodies some fundamental concept every investor should know.

The primary purpose of any business is to create profit for its owners, and the dividend is the most important way the business fulfills this mission. When a company earns a profit, some of this money is typically reinvested in the business and called retained earnings, and some of it can be paid to its shareholders as a dividend. Paying dividends reduces the amount of cash available to

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