Donate to Remove ads

Got a credit card? use our Credit Card & Finance Calculators

Thanks to johnstevens77,Bhoddhisatva,scotia,Anonymous,Cornytiv34, for Donating to support the site

Lower dividends

Index tracking funds and ETFs
swill453
Lemon Half
Posts: 7962
Joined: November 4th, 2016, 6:11 pm
Has thanked: 984 times
Been thanked: 3643 times

Lower dividends

#168124

Postby swill453 » September 22nd, 2018, 10:32 am

For the 3rd quarter in succession the dividend on my iShares FTSE 250 tracker MIDD is (slightly) lower than the same period last year.

Now I don't hold it purely for the dividend, but this seems to be a bit of a worrying trend.

Is anyone else seeing it in other, mainly UK, trackers? Any explanation? Brexit, exchange rate, general doom and gloom?

Scott.

nmdhqbc
Lemon Slice
Posts: 634
Joined: March 22nd, 2017, 10:17 am
Has thanked: 112 times
Been thanked: 226 times

Re: Lower dividends

#168144

Postby nmdhqbc » September 22nd, 2018, 12:48 pm

VMID has just had 2 dividends lower than last years but just announced the 10OCT2018 dividend higher than last year breaking the pattern. Probably down to them covering different dates so maybe this indicates the next one for MIDD might recover somewhat.

2017: 0.20264, 0.41809, 0.19423, 0.23630
2018: 0.18752, 0.36179, 0.23775, TBD

Still down overall for the year so far though. My records show a whopping 17% increase from 16 to 17 though so more pedestrian growth or a slight decline doesn't feel too bad to me.

swill453
Lemon Half
Posts: 7962
Joined: November 4th, 2016, 6:11 pm
Has thanked: 984 times
Been thanked: 3643 times

Re: Lower dividends

#168147

Postby swill453 » September 22nd, 2018, 1:09 pm

Thanks. Yes likewise MIDD 2017 dividend was 19.5% higher than 2016, so one can't really complain if 2018 redresses the balance a bit.

Scott.


Return to “Passive Investing”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 5 guests