Anglo Saxon financial institutions are known for their high dividend payout ratios.

If the dividend payout is 20 , the growth expected will be only 80 of the ROE rate.

But there is little risk in offering a contract for a job well done there is no payout if the problem remains unsolved.

The farmer may neglect the crop or refuse to invest in saving a failing crop if he knows that a payout is forthcoming.

They would be compensated for inflation and currency depreciation in the US and Europe, since the payout would depend on these economies nominal, not real, GDP.

The point is not to suggest that there is one right answer, but rather that investment strategy and payout decisions should take into account the longer term dimensions of risk.

You spring upon them the actual hoax that they actually suddenly believe that they have got a payout from Dow, and then, you know, an hour or two later, they find it's untrue.

A year ago, at the Summit of the Americas, 34 western hemisphere heads of state agreed to promote the creation of government issued growth linked bonds whose payout is tied to gross domestic product (GDP).