Is the US about to re-embrace dividends?

A new book makes the case for corporate America’s use of cash distributions for shareholders

Published on November 22, 2023

In the US, “dividend irrelevancy” reigns
Is this view about to change?

What do Berkshire Hathaway (US:BRK.B), Meta (US:META), Amazon.com (US:AMZN), Alphabet (US:GOOGL) and Tesla (US:TSLA) have in common?

Half a point if you placed them in the list of top 10 US stocks by value. But score yourself five out of five if you spotted the common thread to this mega-cap grouping: despite their size, none pays a dividend.

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