Dividend Reset = Opportunity to Grab This 9.2% Yield at a Discount
Brett Owens, Chief Investment StrategistUpdated: September 17, 2025
Most Wall Street “suits” are allergic to dividend cuts. These spreadsheet jockeys sooooo lack imagination. They prefer linear trends—up and to the right.
Dividend growers model nicely. Payout “resets” (cuts!) do not. So, there is often a knee-jerk reaction from analysts to sell every divvie slash they see.
Same goes for most individual income investors. These vanilla beans sold BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (BMEZ) late last week when BlackRock sliced the dividends for three of its popular funds.
The weaker hands sold. Big payouts remain. As contrarians, we’re intrigued.
Dividend cuts, ironically, often mark the start of opportunity. Here’s what the knee-jerk sellers miss:
- Even after the trim, BMEZ still yields 9.2%.