Retained earnings is an owners' equity account that represents accumulated earnings retained in the business.

留存收益是所有者的权益帐，它表示留在企业的收益积累。

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Dividend policy is that the after-tax profits as a dividend distributed to shareholders or as retained earnings retained in the enterprise.

股利政策是指公司税后利润在向股东支付股利与企业内部留存收益之间的分配选择。

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Although there are several categories within equity, the two biggest are paid-in capital and retained earnings.

普通股内部也有诸多子分类，但实入资本与留存收益是两个最大的部分。

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Management has also proven it can earn a stellar 29.1% return on retained earnings over the past decade (determined by dividing the amount EPS have increased over that period by the total amount of earnings the firm has retained that is, not paid out in dividends over that timeframe), which more than doubles the 12% target the Buffett approach uses.

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Leaving profits in the business produces retained earnings as reserves to be used for capital investment.

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They rely on retained earnings and foreign direct investment, or else on informal sources of credit.

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