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Data Update 7 for 2023: Dividends, Buybacks and Cash Flows

Musings on Markets

The dividend principle, which is the focus of this post is built on a very simple principle, which is that if a company is unable to find investments that make returns that meet its hurdle rate thresholds, it should return cash back to the owners in that business.

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Transcript: Tim Buckley, Vanguard’s CEO

Barry Ritholtz

And you know, just simple things like, hey, the value of tax loss harvesting, how do you make that apparent to people? BUCKLEY: Well, the way we’re built, being client owned, it’s the way we return profits to our clients. You know, we’ve had been lucky, it’s been very profitable year after year.