porca misèria Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 (edited) Take with the usual caveats, but here's a straw in the wind. It's a good sign, in that companies whose profits are recovering are in a position to invest in growth, employment, competitiveness, and all. Actual dividend payouts from a FTSE 100 tracker (hmm, will this board let me use HTML <pre> to tabulate the data? D***, it won't). May 2007 17.96May 2008 19.47May 2009 19.12May 2010 17.32May 2011 15.27May 2012 19.60May 2013 21.71 Edited May 20, 2013 by porca misèria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Knimbies who say No Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Take with the usual caveats, but here's a straw in the wind. It's a good sign, in that companies whose profits are recovering are in a position to invest in growth, employment, competitiveness, and all. Actual dividend payouts from a FTSE 100 tracker (hmm, will this board let me use HTML <pre> to tabulate the data? D***, it won't). May 2007 17.96May 2008 19.47May 2009 19.12May 2010 17.32May 2011 15.27May 2012 19.60May 2013 21.71 Many companies have quite a bit of cash on their balance sheets, and have been accumulating it for a few years, waiting for opportunities to invest. Seems that some are deciding that they are better giving it to shareholders rather than doing anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timak Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Are FTSE 100 companies the "real economy"? Multinational corporations are seeing vast increases in wealth through this recession. What I'd call the real economy - wages for people, small businesses etc - isn't recovering at all as far as I can see. Wage growth has been below inflation for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cashinmattress Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Are FTSE 100 companies the "real economy"? Multinational corporations are seeing vast increases in wealth through this recession. What I'd call the real economy - wages for people, small businesses etc - isn't recovering at all as far as I can see. Wage growth has been below inflation for years. Indeed. Real economy is what it is costing us for petrol, the weekly shop and kids cloths, etc... Not some pie in the sky valuation and subsequent dividend which is the product of government intervention of the stock market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollover Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 The party will soon be over ..., because Britain called upon its overseas territories to "get their house in order. UK looks to lead a global fight against tax evasion ahead of a meeting of the world's wealthiest states. Prime Minister David Cameron wrote to leaders of Britain's offshore territories and other self-governing regions, to push for a global clampdown on complex arrangements used to disguise wealth and minimize tax payments.The territories receiving the letter were Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Anguilla, Montserrat, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Better do what we tell you to do...... or...... did you see what happened to Cyprus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveat Mortgagor Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Duncan Weldon @DuncanWeldon 5m Nominal average weekly earnings (total) in the UK as of March were £463. That's down from £473 in August 2012. Nominal wages are falling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zugzwang Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Many companies have quite a bit of cash on their balance sheets, and have been accumulating it for a few years, waiting for opportunities to invest. Seems that some are deciding that they are better giving it to shareholders rather than doing anything else. Because they can't think of anything better to do with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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