但是，从长期看，股利和股票回购占公司可投资资金的百分比的上升趋势是股东日益向公司施加压力、要求其专注于短期回报而非长期投资的症候。
Over the longer term, however, the upward trend in dividends and share buybacks as a percentage of corporate investable funds is a symptom of mounting shareholder pressure on corporations to focus on short-term returns at the expense of long-term investments.