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The City: Sharing the wealth
Why buy shares? Essentially for dividend payments and capital growth (share-price rises) that, combined, will outstrip the return of putting your money in the bank and pay a premium to reward for the risk of potential losses. So, on both counts, shareholders in Diageo have done well. In the past five years they have seen the value of their shares rise by about 50% to around 820p at the same time as receiving a strong dividend stream. ...
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