BAC, Bank of America - from $0.64 to $0.32 per share
C, Citigroup - from $0.32 to $0.16 per share
GGP, General Growth Properties - from $0.50 to suspended
HIG, Hartford Financial Services Group - from $0.53 to $0.32 per share
HRZB, Horizon Financial Corp. - from $0.135 to $0.05 per share
IBNK, Integra Bancorp. - from $0.18 to $0.01 per share
LEN, Lennar Corporation - from $0.16 to $0.04 per share
MCBC, Macatawa Bancorp. - from $0.13 to suspended
PFG, Principal Financial Group - from $0.90 to $0.45 (annually)
TSRI, TSR Inc. - from $0.08 to $0.05 per share
I view this as prudent financial management - control costs during tumultuous periods. When revenue uncertainly strikes I like to see these big firms slash their costs and unfortunately dividends are a big expense.
Dividends will return when the good times do too.
Posted by: Assetologist | October 04, 2008 at 10:36 AM