Evolutionary perspective The approach to psychology that stresses the importance of behavioral and mental adaptiveness, based on the assumption that mental capabilities evolved over millions of years to serve particular adaptive purposes.
How Stock Mutual Funds Pay Dividends. Stock mutual funds hold a portfolio of many stocks, in some cases hundreds or even thousands of different companies. These companies are distributing dividends throughout the year. However, it is generally impractical for mutual fund companies to distribute dividends to shareholders every time they receive them.
Some ETFs pay out the money the ETF makes to investors. These payments are called distributions. For example, you may receive: 1  interest distributions if the ETF invests in bonds, 2  dividend distributions if the ETF invests in stocks that pay dividends, or.