Word: yielded
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Investing for dividends fell deeply out of favor in the grow-grow 1990s, when the number of companies that pay them declined steadily and the average dividend yield shriveled to just 1.1%. Before this unusual period, an average dividend yield of 3% was considered abysmally low. But with tech stocks in favor and aggressive CEOs reinvesting for earnings growth, the number of companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 that paid a dividend sank to just 351 at the end of 2002 from a peak of 469. This decline reversed last year. An improving economy and a new law that...
...have many assets that universities don’t usually have in portfolios—emerging markets, high yield, foreign bonds, timber, commodities,” he said. “These things helped...
Winthrop Professor of History Stephan Thernstrom said Orfield’s past findings of increased segregation are simply not true, asserting that Orfield examines types of segregation that yield the results he is looking...
...Absolutely. Exploration has, and will continue to be, one of our country's most valuable traits. The space program probably will yield even greater benefits than the Lewis and Clark expedition. Keith Borrowman Novi, Mich...
...other schools attempted when the Pentagon first came down with its interpretation [in 2002],” said Tepperman-Gelfant, who is a former Crimson executive. “It was a strategy that had no results two years ago. I have no reason to believe that it will yield results...