It was plain, however, that they valued Clume as a man whose economy in business management was bringing steady dividends to stockholders.

For more steady dividends, emotionally and financially, you may want to rebalance your portfolio to include stocks that often outperform expectations.

And as competition puts pressure on the earnings of the utility, cash will help it to keep paying a steady dividend, she added.

The Democrats have earned steady dividends off him for years, although it has hardly made them rich.

No wonder I have kept getting steady dividends from my pretended mines.

REIT's own and operate income-producing real estate and must pay most of their earnings to shareholders, so they tend to distribute steady dividends.

Thus an older investor who just seeks a steady dividend might want to take a second look.

Conrail could still make considerable profits but not attract investors who want stocks to show capital appreciation, not just a steady dividend.

And analysts have also been warning investors that the traditionally steady and high dividends of utility stocks may come to an end.

Investors worldwide generally sought safety, and in the United States they snapped up shares of electric utilities, telecommunications companies and others that pay high, steady dividends.