Automatic dividend reinvestment plans help stockholders create their own homemade dividend policies.

Automatic Dividend Reinvestment

A program that automatically uses dividends paid by investments to purchase more shares of those investments.

Homemade Dividend Policies

Investment strategies whereby investors create their own dividend stream by selling a portion of their portfolio of equities.

Stockholders

Individuals or entities that own shares in a corporation, thereby having partial ownership and potentially receiving dividends.