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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 2590294, member: 59677&quot;]Companies tend to protect the dividend. There is a certain class of investor who focuses on stocks who pay dividends for the income.</p><p><br /></p><p>The counterpoint is companies are reluctant to increase the dividend unless they are sure they can continue to pay it going forward (yo-yo is as bad as dcreasing).</p><p><br /></p><p>But, if the business conditions do substantially change, then the dividend will get reduced again to a sustainable value (which might be below the actual amount that the company could afford to pay - as a cushion).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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