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The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge – the Personal Consumption Expenditures Index – is up less than 5% since mid-2019, meaning dividends have proved a nice inflation hedge in a negative real interest rate environment. After the big banks were restricted on payouts in 2020, five of the six biggest dividend increases from a cash payout perspective have come from Financials a total of over $7 billion in increased payouts.
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