John C. Bogle

Well, bitcoin is a currency. Bitcoin has no underlying rate of return. You know, bonds have an interest coupon. Stocks have earnings and dividends. Gold has nothing, and bitcoin has nothing. There is nothing to support the bitcoin except the hope that you will sell it to somebody for more than you paid for it.

American Businessman

Michael Lee-Chin

Gold is a commodity; over the long run, as we look back, it has not been a good investment. You can't look at the intrinsic value of gold as you can a business. Gold doesn't give you cash flow, and, at the end of the day, cash flow is what is important. Gold doesn't give you dividends.

Jamaican Businessman

Larry Fitzgerald

I was fortunate to have a grandfather who was an optometrist. Vision therapy was something that we routinely did to strengthen our eyes and give us better focus. I was fortunate that he could teach me techniques that are still paying dividends for me to this day.

American Athlete

Douglas R. Oberhelman

Infrastructure is one of the core responsibilities of government and one that cannot be shortchanged by other controversial spending. I believe investment in infrastructure pays dividends for decades and is a wise investment of taxpayer dollars.

Nikita Parris

We played out on the street every single day as a family, with neighbours, at the community centres, and I developed the desire to win very early. That environment instilled a competitive edge in me, which has paid dividends in my life.

English Athlete

J. B. Pritzker

I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.

Argentinian Businessman

Evan Osnos

If the economy can only provide a diminishing political dividend, Chinese leaders will encourage their people to feel pride and vigor in other ways.

American Journalist

Joe Kaeser

At the end of the day, dividends are not being paid with margins; dividends are paid with earnings per share.

German Businessman

Kay Ivey

Providing the tools for a great start in life will yield dividends for generations to come.

American Politician

Piyush Goyal

Reaping political dividends out of tragedies is deeply engrained in the Congress' DNA.

Indian Politician

Used in math to describe the number you divide by another in division.

Mathematical Term

Fundamental concept in basic arithmetic that features in everyday calculations.

Basic Arithmetic

Represents the income investors receive from owning shares, usually paid regularly.

Investment Income

Indicates a company's sharing of profits with its shareholders.

Profit Sharing

Dividend-paying stocks can attract investors looking for regular income.

Stocks Appeal

Often used metaphorically to describe the benefits of an action or decision.

Metaphorical Use

Applies to various life situations, not just financial contexts.

Beyond Finances

Represents personal rewards gained from self-improvement or hard work.

Personal Growth

 and the pests and the different things that affect their agriculture so it is really an integral part of a program and something we're really connecting scientists as well as increasing the investment we think will have huge dividends uh yeah it's not only connecting scientists which is so important but connecting scientists to farmers on the ground who are actually

Food Security in an...

 that's where the important market leadership is. Right? And the last thing we point out in this slide, which is, you know, that to this story, there's one caveat. India has the youngest growing population in the world. This demographic dividend is incredible, but paradoxically, there's also the mirage of mighty labor pools.

Nirmalya Kumar: India's...

 to have this demographic dividend. In other words, it will be the only young country in an aging world. And this is very important. At the same time if you peel away the demographic dividend in India, there are actually two demographic curves. One is in the south and in the west of India,

Nandan Nilekani's ideas...

 the product leadership is that's where the important market leadership is and the last thing we point out in this slide which is you know that to the story there's one caveat India has the youngest growing population in the world this demographic dividend is incredible

India's invisible...

 aid an important goal for all of us and this was the beginning of our trek through the Millennium Development Goals the first four years were very difficult for Nigeria New Democracy everybody wanted the dividends overnight and this was very difficult for us to do four

The path toward...

 to overcome problems that most people aren't faced with. One of the first lessons that I learned immediately followed the painful and arduous task of learning how to walk again, but it went on to pay dividends for the rest of my life.

The perks of being a...

 and then we were on the right track thirty years of research and dedication paid off the success rate with orphans soared and has paid dividends for matora who would almost certainly have died but for the success

Feeding Baby Orphaned...

 years of research and dedication paid off the success rate with orphans has soared and has paid dividends for mutora who would almost certainly have died but for the success

Adorable Baby Animal...

 such as gains in trade when two parties trade their surpluses and both come out ahead, or when two parties lay down their arms and split the so-called peace dividend

The surprising decline...

 and a political dead end. The answer is to return all the money raised directly to citizens, in the form of equal monthly dividends.