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Why do companies pay fixed dividends instead of fluid ones?

For example, as of time of writing, Microsoft pays a dividend of $2.04 per share per year. Why would Microsoft (and every company I've looked at) pay a fixed dividend instead of one indexed to their performance? Instead of $2.04 per share per year,…
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5-Year Dividend Yield and Growth Rate

I find The Dividend Guy's approach very fascinating. I'm looking at a bunch of stocks from a portfolio and collecting some statistics about dividends, with the goal of passive income. One thing I don't understand is: what are "reasonable" values for…
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Dividends stock vs. non paying dividend stocks

Each year I end up having to report dividends to the IRS and it costs me money. Is it not better just to look for non paying dividend companies that are good value as well or over the long run it's worth pay taxes for the dividends? Thanks
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Are dividends an actual gain value?

Dividends from stock or funds are obviously considered to be an earnings benefit or a gain or a plus, but I'm wondering how that is monetarily computed? I know it is added to the gain income, but I mean, what is the rationale for that? The company…
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Why do tobacco companies pay huge dividends?

I noticed that tobacco companies pay huge dividends. For example Imperial Brands is expected to pay 12.22%. I can see that a tobacco company would want to pay some dividend because it operates in an old sector, is likely old, and there might not be…
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What are some sources of information on dividend schedules and amounts?

How do I know exactly when companies are paying out their dividend and how much? Is there a good source to look it up and compare companies?
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Is it correct to think a stock has risen 300% and it is as if it is giving out 20% dividend and never sell it?

Suppose a stock is at $10, and it is giving out $0.50 dividend, which is 5%, and you bought it. Then a couple of years later, it rose to $20, and is giving out 5% dividend, which is $1.00, but to you, it is like a 10% dividend, because you only put…
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How is a dividend amount that is a fraction of a penny handled?

If I own 15 shares of a stock that makes a cash dividend payment of 0.635/share for a total dividend payment of $9.525, who determines how the half-penny is handled? I couldn't find any documentation regarding this situation For my brokerage…
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How to read Google Finance data on dividends

Looking at following stock. In the details where it says Div/yeild 0.20/3.90 As far as I understand 0.20 cents is amount paid per share. How does the yield of 3.90 gets calculated?
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Dividend Yield what is my monthly pay out

I have been searching all over and cannot seem to find the answer to the question, either I do not understand dividends or I am not asking the question correctly. Take the S&P 500 According to: http://www.multpl.com/s-p-500-dividend/table?f=m The…
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Is it better to use DRIP or invest when stock drops before ex-date?

If one owns 6000 shares KO, would it be wise to use drip (as always have) or invest on my own? Having taken over the stock from a broker who used DRIP, I noticed that last April, I got less dividend because stock price was $47.00. Because I watch…
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At what price are dividends re-invested?

If a stock trades at $11 and pays a $1 dividend, it will typically end the day trading at around $10. Now suppose all the investors have chosen to automatically re-invest those dividends into the same company. Do they pay the $11 price or the $10…
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Are founders of a company paid dividends?

I would imagine that they are as they own common stock, but i was thinking about a scenario today: Oracle has a dividend of $0.48/share, Larry Ellison owns 1,113,634,580 shares (finance.yahoo.com), this would mean that every quarter Larry would be…
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Does dividend on 401(k) have any effect on gains

While I was studing my 401K I found something strange on my Dividend Mutual Funds. I ask the provider of my 401 for information and this is what they told me. To clarify, when I invest on thier fund they put the money on a sub-account of the…
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Dividends on OTC market in New York

A stock trades on the Bors exchange in Oslo, which is now closed for the day. Tomorrow is ex-div for that stock. The same company trades OTC in New York, which is still open, and is the same company under a different symbol If I buy it OTC in New…
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