Ben Carlson, Columnist

Shareholder Yields Are Higher Than You Think

Investors should consider share buybacks, not just dividends.

May 4, 2017 at 12:30 PM UTC

Ben Carlson is director of institutional asset management at Ritholtz Wealth Management. He is the author of "Organizational Alpha: How to Add Value in Institutional Asset Management."

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One of the reasons many investors are forecasting lower returns in the stock market is simply that dividend yields are much lower than they have been historically.

The expected returns formula for the stock market1493832294456 looks something like this: