Retained earnings represent the total profits the company has earned since it began, minus whatever has been paid to shareholders as dividends.

留存收益指的是，公司运营之初除去支付股东股息的部分所得的总利润。

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Solid dividend yields. Dividends have accounted for 42% of the total return of the market since 1926.

自1926以来，股利占市场总收益的42%。

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Slowed growth, of course, tends to reduce total shareholder returns. Particularly when married to things like low dividends.

显然，缓慢的增长会减少股东总回报率，尤其是与低股息等因素结合在一起时。

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Once again, the value of dividends enhanced total return and cushioned downside volatility during an extremely turbulent quarter.

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And more of the industrial firms that make up the other two-thirds of total dividends will cut too.

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What companies and others like them demonstrate is how the combination of growing sales, earnings and dividends create compelling total returns.

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