The outlook for the quarterly dividends of the S&P 500 has substantially improved in the month since our previous snapshot.
The large change in the forecast value for the most distant future quarter of 2027-Q2 is typical of the kind of volatility we see in dividend futures after the data for a new quarter first becomes available.
Based on just the increases seen for all the other future quarters, however, May 2026 saw one of the strongest month-over-month improvements in the S&P 500's dividend outlook in years.
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The outlook for the quarterly dividends of the S&P 500 (SPX) has substantially improved in the month since our previous snapshot.
Here is our summary of how the outlook for the S&P 500's quarterly dividends