The Dividend Imperative: How Dividends Can Narrow the Gap between Main Street and Wall Street

Acknowledgments

I am once again grateful to Federated Investors, my professional home for the past decade, for granting me the latitude not only to invest client assets in the style discussed in this book but also to write about it. In particular, Walter Bean has enthusiastically supported my efforts to get the word out as to why investors should seek dividends and why large corporations should pay them. Patrick Lynch conducted numerous data runs and, in his typical fashion, analyzed them closely. Jared Hoff and Steve Crane also provided data support. Ryan Bend, Chris Donohue, Tom Donohue, John Fisher, Jim Gordon, Mike Granito, Dana Meissner, and Rob Schulte-Albert reviewed earlier drafts. Outside of Federated, David Adelman, John Heinzl, Ian ...