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pop quiz: [x] still holds the record for the longest continuous dividend history: it paid out annual dividends to shareholders for more than 100 years -- nm

Posted by Max Dec 12 '16, 13:50

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Wikipedia says it's - Max Dec 12, 14:08 10
- 15 Companies That Have Paid Dividends For More Than 100 Years -- (link) - ty97 Dec 12, 14:18 2
  - I need to go back to investing 101 because I don't understand what incentive there is to paying a dividend to shareholders - Max Dec 12, 14:22 1
    - they're an incentive to invest in companies that are stable but don't necessarily have a very high growth rate. - b. Dec 12, 14:26
- oh, that could just be outdated then - if it started in 1848, ended in 1968. -- nm - b. Dec 12, 14:14
- I'm going to fail you on this because I offered up a railroad and you did not say "It is a railroad" - crash davis Dec 12, 14:14 5
  - b. popped the reality bubble so I just capitulated -- nm - Max Dec 12, 14:15 4
    - SWK isn't even a word, it has no vowels -- nm - crash davis Dec 12, 14:16 3
      - "swk" is the sound the Mouseguard make when unsheathing a sword. -- nm - Max Dec 12, 14:27 2
        
        no sealing anything with a kiss for y'all. -- nm - b. Dec 12, 14:28 1
        
        Ruining trivia with facts will get you nowhere, young lady. -- nm - Max Dec 12, 14:33
GE -- nm - Crashquick Dec 12, 14:00 1
- scratch that, I'm going Dupont -- nm - Crashquick Dec 12, 14:01
Facebook or Union Pacific -- nm - crash davis Dec 12, 14:00
SWK? -- nm - b. Dec 12, 13:54 3
- It's not a tools or oil company. -- nm - Max Dec 12, 13:57 2
  - fwiw, ~139 years for SWK, per this. nm but: -- (link) - b. Dec 12, 14:03 1
    - ahh, boo Wikipedia. -- nm - Max Dec 12, 14:07
AT&T? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 12, 13:52 2
- Actually scratch that. What about Coca Cola? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 12, 13:55 1
  - It's not a phone company or a food company. -- nm - Max Dec 12, 13:57

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