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Investing Topics: Endangered Dividends

Telecom’s Feeble Are On Their Last Legs

By Roger S. Conrad on Aug. 13, 2019

Few sectors have dealt as much pain to unwary yield seekers over the past decade as communications. Here's the rundown on the weakest of the herd.

Why Buy an Aging Bull?

By Roger S. Conrad on Aug. 15, 2018
With this bull market so long in the tooth and with so many potential ways for it to end, does it really make any sense to be thinking about buying stocks now? Here's why it pays to stick around.

Moving Closer to the Edge

By Roger S. Conrad on May. 6, 2018

SCANA Corp (NYSE: SCG) won’t declare its June dividend until “closer to record date”. That’s the closest Conrad’s Utility Investor coverage universe companies have come to a payout cut this earnings season. But several are definitely on the edge.

Earnings Season: There Will Be Blood

By Roger S. Conrad on Apr. 13, 2018
Earnings season is the time when companies share their quarterly results, good and bad. It’s also an opportunity for management teams to reset their strategy and guidance, including the dividend policy.

Dodging Dividend Cuts

By Roger S. Conrad on Feb. 24, 2018
Sweet yields can bring sour consequences down the line in an unforgiving market.

California Cuttin’ On Such a Winter’s Day

By Roger S. Conrad on Jan. 8, 2018
PG&E Corp (NYSE: PCG) suspended its dividend indefinitely because of uncertainty about the cause of the devastating wildfires that ravaged California last year—and the utility’s potential liability.

Unhappy Returns

By Roger S. Conrad on Oct. 7, 2017
Although third-quarter earnings season hasn't hit yet, recent developments have landed four companies on the Endangered Dividends List. The latest additions include two former members that had escaped after slashing their payouts.

The Second (Distribution) Cut is the Deepest?

By Roger S. Conrad on Sep. 9, 2017
Longtime Endangered Dividends List member Plains All-American Pipeline LP announced its second distribution cut in a year.

Dividend Cuts A-Go-Go

By Roger S. Conrad on Aug. 14, 2017
Three of the four companies in our coverage universe that announced payout cuts this quarter were on our Endangered Dividends List.

No Cuts, But Plenty of Risks

By Roger S. Conrad on Jun. 10, 2017
Avoid these stocks with endangered dividends.

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