Yet many companies continued to pay out substantial dividends.

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It also reinforces the position that I took in my previous post, which argues that Apple should be focusing its resources on capturing tremendous growth opportunities, rather than paying substantial dividends from its cash holdings.

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Over time, reinvested dividends and capital gains build substantial nest eggs.

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It might also be true of the proposed substantial increase in the tax rate on dividends, but I doubt it for the modest increase proposed for capital gains taxes.

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They do pay reasonable dividends, and have the potential for substantial appreciation, as they ride on favorable demographics, the aging of baby-boomers, who unfortunately would be offered these services irrespective of the state of the economy.

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AngloGold can be financially characterized by high cash generation, substantial reinvestment in long-term growth and the payment of significant dividends.

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This substantial increase in our dividend will be part of our effort to reallocate capital to dividends and reduce share repurchases.

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