Has anyone noticed

[OhNoNotimAgain]

That amongst the cries of angst from the financial commentariat about the small decline in share prices that UK dividends in October were up 34.7% on last year.
Not only that but dividends in September were 44.6% up on last year.
Indeed, for the trailing 12 months to the end of October 2018 UK dividends are up 9.8% on the 12 months to end October 2017.

[Lootman]

Share prices discount the future. They do not reflect the past or, as some would have it, the "bleedin' obvious".

[BrummieDave]

I noticed, as did the authors of this broader global review, as evidenced by the first section after the Executive Summary "Global dividends surge higher": https://az768132.vo.msecnd.net/document ... 7.gzip.pdf

[OhNoNotimAgain]

I noticed, as did the authors of this broader global review, as evidenced by the first section after the Executive Summary "Global dividends surge higher": https://az768132.vo.msecnd.net/document ... 7.gzip.pdf

Dated August 2018 so not very up to date and the market has changed a bit since then.

[88V8]

The dollar rate was helpful.
But I noticed that dividend cover has fallen a lot.
Someone's fiddling while Rome burns.

V8

[Arborbridge]

That amongst the cries of angst from the financial commentariat about the small decline in share prices that UK dividends in October were up 34.7% on last year.
Not only that but dividends in September were 44.6% up on last year.
Indeed, for the trailing 12 months to the end of October 2018 UK dividends are up 9.8% on the 12 months to end October 2017.

Maybe, but booking my dividends the other day, I noticed my year total for HSBC is down about 5%.

Arb.