Description: After predictions of cuts of 20 percent or more, stock dividends have been surprisingly resilient. Low interest rates have helped to keep companies flush with cash.

Source: NYTimes.com

Date: Nov 21, 2020

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/business/dividends-coronavirus-economy-stocks.html

Questions for discussion:

• Why have dividend payments fared so well during the past slowdown?
• Given a return to more normal economic activity after vaccines are distributed, what should investors who are focused in dividend paying stocks do?