> When the company makes money they pay you cash as a dividend (for tax reasons this most often comes in the form of a stock buy back [...]) Often? "Nearly 75

> When the company makes money they pay you cash as a dividend (for tax reasons this most often comes in the form of a stock buy back [...]) Often? "Nearly 75% of the stocks in the S&P 500 pay a dividend, and the dividend for most of them exceeds the yield on U.S. 10-year Treasury bonds (currently around 2%)"[0] [0] https://cabotwealth.com/daily/dividend-stocks/highest-paying-dividend-stocks-sp-500/ https://cabotwealth.com/daily/dividend-stocks/highest-paying...