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lmnice
6y ago
> A company is ultimately controlled by it’s owners who may prefer dividends. If the reason they "prefer" dividends is not because they evaluated the alternatives and decided that the risk-return profile was favorable (for the
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lmnice
6y ago
Just a nitpick: > a management culture that appropriately balances shareholder interest (by paying dividend) In theory a company should invest in whatever has the most favorable risk-return profile. If it pays dividends, that means divid