Every day, companies and funds across the globe announce upcoming dividend payouts. You can find the complete list of dividend increases, decreases, initiations, suspensions, updates and regular dividend announcements for a given day in our Dividend Payout Changes and Announcements tool.
The following is a snapshot of eight funds that saw a decrease in dividend and are going ex-dividend this week. The latest regular payout is compared to the most recent regular payout to determine if there is a dividend decrease.
Note: Market cap figures are as of market close on Wednesday, January 9.
| Security Type | Ticker | Name | Market Cap ($ Bn) | Ex-Dividend Date | Previous Payout ($) | Next Payout ($) | Change * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fund | (EXG) | Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund | 2.36 | 1/23/2019 | 0.08 | 0.06 | -18.42% |
| Fund | (ETW) | Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy Write Opportunities Fund | 1.05 | 1/23/2019 | 0.09 | 0.07 | -19.78% |
| Fund | (FFC ) | Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Securities Income Fund Inc | 0.78 | 1/23/2019 | 0.11 | 0.11 | -1.75% |
| Fund | (DFP) | Flaherty & Crumrine Dynamic Preferred and Income Fund Inc. | 0.42 | 1/23/2019 | 0.15 | 0.14 | -3.38% |
| Fund | (DMO ) | Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund Inc | 0.22 | 1/17/2019 | 0.71 | 0.18 | -75.19% |
| Fund | (FLC ) | Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc | 0.18 | 1/23/2019 | 0.12 | 0.12 | -3.36% |
| Fund | (PFD ) | Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund Incorporated | 0.14 | 1/23/2019 | 0.08 | 0.08 | -3.85% |
| Fund | (RIV) | RiverNorth Opportunities Fund, Inc. | 0.09 | 1/17/2019 | 0.21 | 0.17 | -19.05% |
Disclaimer: Dividends declared by ETFs/ETNs depend on the distribution made by the underlying. As a result, there can be significant fluctuation in the payout figures. It is advisable that investors should investigate the actual composition of these securities to get a better picture of the overall dividend distribution. You can browse ETFdb.com to get the relevant details about ETFs/ETNs.
Check out securities that increased dividends this week here.
You can also find the major securities going ex-dividend this week here.
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You also can find an updated list of companies and funds that recently announced changes in their payout policies, along with their ex-dividend dates, in our Dividend Payout Changes and Announcements tool.
Stay up to date with the highest-yielding stocks and funds and their latest ex-dividend dates on our High Dividend Stocks by Yield.
