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S&P500 dividend payout volatility during recession
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February 17, 2020, 12:36:25 PM »
This was an interesting article and chart showing how much sp500 dividends change during recession. It's nice to know that the dividend dollar amount paid is somewhat protected during a recession.
https://www.simplysafedividends.com/intelligent-income/posts/1038-what-happens-to-dividends-during-recessions-and-bear-markets
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Re: S&P500 dividend payout volatility during recession
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February 17, 2020, 05:04:45 PM »
Indeed, having been a steady investor through three recessions, I have seen this first hand, Dividends did not decrease as much as I expected they might.
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February 18, 2020, 03:25:20 AM »
Yep, dividend payouts have been much more stable than stock prices through the various market cycles.
That said, the S&P's current yield is currently indecently miserly at about 1.8%. The index could halve with payouts kept the same, and it would only yield 3.6%, a level that is still fairly miserly by historic standards. The dividend is a nice little extra each year that will have a significant result if reinvested over time, but it isn't going to do anything meaningful when the market is plunging in the teeth of the next recession.
here's a pretty good article on our FTSE100 which currently yields a 4.5%:
https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/comment/2019/10/24/can-investors-bank-on-ftse-100-dividends/
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