Also, if the earnings drop, they don't want to suddenly do a crash cut in their dividends either, so they're always sluggishly adjusting toward the target payout rate.

同样，如果收益下降，他们不想匆忙的把股利降下来，所以他们总是慢慢的，朝着目标股利发放率靠近。

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“Given the extreme volatility in the markets, I don’t expect [the payout rate] will be set until we have a much more concrete sense about financial plans and endowment performance, ” Forst said.

Forst说：“支出率在市场被给予过度的挥发性，我不期望它能够被明确直至我们对财政计划和捐助表现有一个更具体的辨别。”

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The rate of dividend payout expresses the relationship of dividends and earnings during a certain period.

股利支付率表达的是某一特定时期股利与收益之间的关系。

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Also, if the earnings drop, they don't want to suddenly do a crash cut in their dividends either, so they're always sluggishly adjusting toward the target payout rate.

同样,如果收益下降,他们不想匆忙的把股利降下来,所以他们总是慢慢的,朝着目标股利发放率靠近

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Under the old rules, determining your mandatory payout rate involved making irrevocable choices based on messy guesses, such as which spouse would die first.

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That payout rate was about 65% a year earlier.

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The Dividend Integrity Index simply divides the past 5 year dividend growth rate by the dividend payout ratio, and listed values greater than one.

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