Earnings and dividends are different; earnings is the money that the company made in a given year.

收益和股利是不同的,收益是公司在某年赚到的钱

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The fiscal-cliff deal made the qualifying dividends and long-term capital gains tax rates permanent.

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Their regulated prices made earnings and dividends pretty predictable with basic math.

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In a poor market environment like we are experiencing right now, the price depreciation of dividend-paying stocks can completely displace the gains made from the dividends.

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