Do the math for the annual dividend times the total shares paid and then tell us where is the money coming from! It must have growth money , expense money for thousands of "workers" and payments of millions of dollars for the retired people and us shareholders that made ED what it is today. Check around and you will find ED is one of the top companies in the USA! Hang on to what you have and buy more over the next 35 years and you will have a good retirement fund!