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Under its quantitative easing program, the Fed purchases longer-term Treasuries and the money it creates to buy them ends up in the accounts that banks hold with the central bank, in the form of overnight reserves.

Stable, attractive dividends tend to be associated with bigger, less-risky blue-chip companies, although any company can share their earnings with shareholders and some of the highest-yielding stocks are offered by smaller, less established names.

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