Let’s face the facts – dividend investors have had a hard time in 2020. Thanks to the trade war, a slowing economy and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, corporate earnings haven’t exactly been up to snuff. With less cash flows to go around and plenty of uncertainty on the horizon, a variety of firms have done the unthinkable: They cut or suspended their payouts.
However, with the economic situation starting to get better, less political uncertainty and new vaccines to combat COVID-19 being created, many dividend stocks are starting to redistribute their extra cash once again. And this time, they are doing so in a big way. Special and one-time dividends are quickly becoming the norm.
For long-suffering dividend investors, these big payouts could be the key to great returns in the new year.
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