Corporate cash glut, but don’t expect dividend blowout
Large company payouts to shareholders still ample, but slowing; stockpiling cash again
Dividends probably will grow at about half the rate of earnings among Standard & Poor's 500 Index companies in the next two years, held down by signs the recovery is weakening, according to a UBS AG note today.
Payouts among companies in the benchmark gauge for U.S. equities will be 25 percent hi
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