Lower bond yields make the dividends paid by utilities more attractive.
This money would flow into the economy, making the dividend tax cut a stimulus package that Democrats could support.
Stock-swap agreements have favorable tax rates for investors outside the United States, making the dividend "equivalents" they generate tax free.
For the full year, Cinergy's earnings (before nonrecurring charges) are predicted to increase a modest 2% to $2.79 a share, which would make the $1.80 dividend well covered.
Aegon said will also forego a final dividend for 2008, making the total dividend for the year 30 euro cents (37 cents) a share, which was already paid earlier this year.
Make sure the dividend yield is in line with its peer group, experts say.
Such projects could help to ensure that in Somalia, and places such as Uganda where youth unemployment is around 80%, making the youth dividend work is placed at the heart of development initiatives.
In 1990, the Thatcher government produced Options for Change, a review looking to make the most of the "peace dividend".
The yield on the S&P 500 is over 2% and you can make the case for a rising dividend payout ratio, approaching 40% of earnings next year.
But, she added, "we believe there is enough cash sitting on corporate balance sheets that they do have the ability to increase those dividends to make the end product more attractive to investors".
