31 Stocks That Could Be Dividend Heroes By October

These 31 dividends are more than just safe. They are likely going up between now and October! Recently, S&P Dow Jones Indices’ Howard Silverblatt put a hard number on 2020’s tough dividend decay, writing that second-quarter payouts were whittled down by $42.5 billion during the second quarter . The worst might now be over. Here’s a key excerpt from Silverblatt’s latest note about the month of July (emphasis mine): “There were significantly fewer dividend actions, as 15 issues increased their dividend rates, one issue initiated dividends, two decreased them (including Wells Fargo’s USD 6.8 billion cut, the second-largest in index history), and one suspended them. … Read more