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Imagine you ran a company that paid regular dividends to shareholders. If you were deeply worried about the future of your company, would you increase your dividend?
The obvious answer is 'no'.
Any executive deeply worried about the future is also concerned about their company's ability to continue paying the dividend. So it totally defies logic to increase dividend payments in those circumstances.
In contrast, any company leader willing to raise dividends in the current economic storm is likely confident in the relative stability and predictability of their company's earnings and cash flows. This implies