Future of Dividends

here is an interesting article by Maike Currie in the Financial Post. It would seem that Warren Buffet does not like stocks that pay dividends. He rather the company reinvest in the company than pay dividends. Do not forget that Buffet has varying amount of control over the companies he invests in. Individual shareholders do not. As an individual investor, it is much harder to invest for capital gains compared to investing for dividends.

I like a compromise where dividends are paid, but they are at a low level of DPRs and the company still has money to reinvest. Anything I have read is that company that pay dividends tend to outlast ones that do not. There is nothing like having to pay hard cash as dividends to establish that the company is really making money.

Personally, I have never gone for investing in high yield stocks (or ones with yields 5% or above). This is not the sort I like. These sorts of companies also have a tendency to get into financial difficulties. I like stocks with yields in 2% range and good increases. I also like stocks in 1% range and good increases. I do not go below 1%, as it takes too long, even with good increases, to get a good yield on your original investment.

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