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With anemic global economic growth, investors have become leery about U.S. companies’ ability to grow earnings and increase dividends. Indeed, S&P 500 earnings declined for the fifth consecutive period in the second quarter of 2016 and even if the third quarter results are positive, the growth rate is likely to be very small. A potential…
