December 2nd was an unwelcome day for shareholders owning a piece of CBL & Associates Properties (CBL). After the market closed, the management team at the REIT announced that the company would be discontinuing its dividends, not only for its common shareholders, but for its preferred shareholders as well. This move sent the REIT's stock price tumbling in after-hours trading, bringing the company's loss so far this year to 51.9%, even after factoring in what distributions have been received this year thus far. Given the company’s emphasis on the shopping mall space, its