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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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Data Update 1 for 2024: The data speaks, but what does it say?

Musings on Markets

After all, I had no plans on becoming a data service, and making them available to others cost me absolutely nothing. Employee Count & Compensation I nvesting Principle Financing Principle Dividend Principle Hurdle Rate Project Returns Financing Mix Financing Type Cash Return Dividends/Buyback s 1. Profit Margins 1.

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Transcript: Tim Buckley, Vanguard’s CEO

Barry Ritholtz

And we had prioritized all our strategic plans, we had to figure out how to get them done while people were remote. And you know, just simple things like, hey, the value of tax loss harvesting, how do you make that apparent to people? You know, we’ve had been lucky, it’s been very profitable year after year.