My observations have been: — I have experienced low volatility similar to a balanced series of stock and bonds — dividend income has grown between 6 - 8 % annually — not that much growth potential as most of the individual stocks I own are mature companies — I sleep well at night —
none of these companies cut their distribution in 2008/2009 meltdown
Not exact matches
As industry job
cuts top 200,000 worldwide, Exxon has kept its 75,300 - strong workforce intact with
none of the sweeping layoffs seen at other oil
companies, including its biggest U.S. rival Chevron Corp. «Exxon is just stronger financially than anyone else out there,» Brian Youngberg, an analyst at Edward Jones & Co. in St. Louis, said in an interview.
While it is easy to take for granted, I would like to begin by recognizing that
none of the
companies I own
cut their dividends through 2016 — all were either maintained or raised.
None of the
companies have
cut their payments even a single time.
However,
none of that mattered on Monday when the
company announced a 69 %
cut to its quarterly dividend, reducing its payout from 64 cents per share to 20 cents.