'Companies with higher-paid CEOs perform worse'
A study carried out by corporate-governance research firm MSCI found that $100 invested in companies with the highest-paid CEOs grew to $265 over 10 years, whereas the same amount invested in companies with the lowest-paid CEOs grew to $367. MSCI's study examined the pay packages of 800 CEOs at 429 large and midsize US companies between 2005 and 2014.