Dividend Chaos Cancellations and Suspensions

Discussion in 'Stocks' started by Matt_ORATS, Apr 2, 2020.

  1. Matt_ORATS

    Matt_ORATS Sponsor

    The upheaval wrought by the corona virus has forced many companies to suspend or cancel dividends. ORATS dividend feed tracks these changes continually. To name a few: Ford ($F), Boeing ($BA), Mariott ($MAR), Delta Airlines ($DAL), Macy's ($M), Norstrom ($JWN) have suspended their dividends, and daily more companies are announcing dividend cuts, cancellations, deferments and suspensions. Dividends are an important input into options pricing models and options traders need a reliable method to capture the latest dividend updates.
    https://blog.orats.com/dividend-chaos-tracked-intraday-in-our-forecast-feed
     
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  2. ajacobson

    ajacobson

    Have the options already repriced or are markets still too jumbled to effect this?
     
  3. Nighthawk

    Nighthawk

    If you are looking for bag holders - look elsewhere but not here on ET!

    This train has already passed start of 3rd week of March....
     
  4. Matt_ORATS

    Matt_ORATS Sponsor

    The options have repriced but the bid-ask is so wide it is tough to get an accurate number.
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    This is a chart of the implied dividends annualized for the components of the DIA, the Dow 30. See how the implied div has been falling recently.
     
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