the s & p 500 return the last ten years. they're also the main reason why the dow jones industrial average which is above average dividend yield far outperform the s & p 500 in 2011. 5% capital return, how about making a total 8% if you reinvest dividend, a safety net in bad times and trampoline during the good. we listen for calls that tip management's hand on the dividends. to tell us there is enough excess cash available to boost that dividend. perhaps several times in a short period of time. that's what we heard from general electric in 2011. that was on every conference call they mentioned it. conversely, if a company signals it is going to buy back even more stock and the buy back is ineffective in reducing the share cap, you got to look at how many shares it had year before year before year before you should presume the buy back is all about management enrichment. seeking to contain the damage from the shares and options offered to management. a lot of tech companies do it. i regard it as disgraceful. no one else thinks that. i don't care. i know what i see. these days if a management doesn't indicate it might boost the earnings on th

the s & p 500 return the last ten years. they're also the main reason why the dow jones industrial average which is above average dividend yield far outperformurn, how about making a total 8% if you reinvest dividend, a safety net in bad times and trampoline during the good. we listen for calls that tip management's hand on the dividends. to tell us there is enough excess cash available to boost that dividend. perhaps several times in a short period of time. that's what we heard from general electric in 2011. that was on every conference call they mentioned it. conversely, if a company signals it is going to buy back even more stock and the buy back is ineffective in reducing the share cap, you got to look at how many shares it had year before year before year before you should presume the buy back is all about management and enrichment. seeking to contain the damage from the shares and options offered to management. a lot of tech companies do it. i regard it as disgraceful. no one else thinks that. i don't care. i know what i see. these days if a management doesn't indicate it might boost the earnings on the dividends call count me out unle

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