Question by Tha A-Train: What rates of return have investors earned on investments in common stocks?
Historically, what rates of return have investors earned on investments in common stocks? Why may a firm distribute dividends even though earnings decline?
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Answer by jeff410
http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/datafile/histretSP.html
Usually a certain type of investor buys diviidend paying stocks. Mutual funds for instance and those seeking income. And the company may want to maintain confidence among those investors.
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