Subject: Re: Brk, it's time to declare a 1$ quarterly
they pay dividends in excess of bank interest rates on my original purchase price.

What does the "original purchase price" have anything at all to do with allocating the capital today??? If it is currently worth $100 and pays $2.50, or a 2.5% dividend, then if safety and "interest" (yield) are paramount, why not put the capital into Treasury Bills at 3.8% instead? Or into some other safe dividend distributing stock, or whatever you feel is a safe investment today?