James Denney, D.D. was a Scottish theologian and preacher.
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“We're finally seeing dividend payers starting to outperform. That's a healthy long-awaited sign that people are seeking out quality.”
James Denney
“I don't think it's going to run away on the upside any time soon. Fallen angels tend to take awhile to get some confidence built back up,”
“From a competitive standpoint, before, [generally] technology companies didn't pay dividends. Now they have lost another argument for not paying one,”
“A short-term pop in dividend stocks is not likely. The market has re-priced these stocks over the past five months.”
“I have to assume that dividends is a big conversation in boardrooms right now. I don't get the sense that companies need all this money for research and development and buying back stock.”
“If you're a cereal company it's not likely you're going to have fifty companies run out of a garage nipping at your heels. Tech companies do have to continue to innovate.”
“Looking closer at the entire group, I think the clouds will clear on drug stocks sooner than on Merck as an individual company, ... Yields are attractive for the entire group.”
“Microsoft has shown increasingly good stewardship over shareholder's capital,”
“Buying back stock to offset dilution is not a bad thing but it's not sending a message about the attractiveness of the security,”
“It will be a slow evolution, ... Dividends are a long-term investor's focus and for folks that are more short-term oriented it's not essential. And let's face it. A lot of tech investors tend to be shorter-term investors than average investors.”