Four weeks ago, we took a snapshot of an improving outlook for the dividends investors expect to be paid out in each quarter of 2020. One month later, the CME Group's crystal ball for quarterly S&P 500 dividend futures indicates that those expectations have continued to rise.
The following animated chart shows how the future has changed since 10 September 2019, when we took our first snapshot of the expected future for the S&P 500's dividends in 2020. If you're accessing this article on a site that republishes our RSS news feed and you don't see the chart change every 3-4 seconds, please click through to our site to see the animation below.
Most of the change has occurred over the last seven weeks, since 21 October 2019, with the bulk of the change taking place between 21 October 2019 and 6 November 2019. Since then, the S&P 500's quarterly dividend futures have continued to rise, though at a slower pace. Links to our previous analysis of the future for the S&P 500's dividends through all of 2020 are below....