A Shrinking “Panadol” !
I think this is the predicament for all of us as “income or dividend “ investors, seeing our dividend received have a big "cut" or totally disappear like the case of “HSBC”.
We have noticed that most of REITs start to be more prudent in their latest distribution and conserving more cash during this Covid-19 pandemic. So far, banks like DBS still trying to maintain their quarterly dividend but I guess at some point, they also would have to cut their dividend if this crisis prolong.
As investors , we will also need to be more “realistic “ in our expectation , a 6-7% yield of stocks might become a thing of the past , especially if we you look at “ultra low “ interest rate environment.
Look at the interest rate for latest SSB (...