Technology stocks that predate the Internet bubble of the late 90s are hot again thanks to the continued proactive shareholder entree of "hefty dividends". Investors love the yield that IBM, Cisco, HP have nicely packaged payouts in the form of consistent dividend payouts.

Alternatively, Amazon, Alphabet (Google), Facebook and Netflix do not pay out dividends currently.

Discuss the role of revenue growth, profit growth, capital investment, research and development commitment, and other factors of these two Eras.

Use compare and contrast to give rise to learning demonstrations from course materials and discussions as a foundation in your answer of the role of dividend payouts. Why do the "older" era technology companies offer a dividend and "new" era technology companies do not?

Hint: Capital and value

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