The stock market provides many ways to invest, including investing for dividends, penny stocks, blue chips, small-capitalization stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), mutual funds, hedge funds, and real estate investment trusts (REITS).| Liberated Stock Trader
The payout ratio is expressed as a percentage of the company's total earnings, reflecting the proportion allocated to dividend payments instead of being reinvested in the business or used for other purposes.| Liberated Stock Trader