"Gee, before all the cheering and applauding, surely it is prudent to first see the quality and composition of the financial performance which needs to back that dividend, looks like?"
Exactly. But it's not as if it's the fault of shareholders for coming to a premature conclusion. There's companies which you personally hold that are terrific companies and those companies happen to release their dividend announcements in conjunction with results.
A bit of visibility goes a long way. DDR's process is like a smoke screen year in, year out.
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