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To: Nemer who wrote (12004)	2/24/2009 12:51:29 PM
From: ajtj99	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33421

Nice article. I think the average dividend paid out over the past decade was around 1.5% on the S&P 500. The reason for the drop is the trend towards share buy-backs, which are a stealth dividend as they are taxed only once. The double taxation of dividends makes for poor management, as we've seen with the wasteful and ridiculous corporate borrowing to fund share buy-backs the past several years. Dividends should be fully deductible by corporations and taxed as ordinary income by investors. This would encourage greater dividend payments and more responsible corporate governance. It would also discourage wasteful share buy-backs.

To: Nemer who wrote (12004)	2/24/2009 6:23:58 PM
From: Stoctrash	Respond to of 33421

Nemer....good to hear from you! Bloomer always seems to be ahead of the important news. See my post to JP a few days ago on creating a world wide CDS market. My plan for tomorrow is sell longs on a big gap up as I think the banks (FAS) will do that in the AM. Then, ...it's any man for himself.