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Investment Insights
June 18 2024

Spotlight: The Changing (or Unchanging) Dividend Environment

10 min read
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Kera Van Valen, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and Senior Research Analyst, TD Epoch

We look at the current environment for dividends including the reasons behind the initiation of dividends by companies that had traditionally not paid them and the outlook in a higher rate environment. We also explore the benefits of taking a more holistic approach to returning cash to shareholders through debt reduction and buybacks.

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