S&P 500 companies expected to cut dividends 13.3%

Standard & Poor's Index Services expects companies listed in the S&P 500 to cut dividends 13.3% this year. That would make 2009 the worst for dividend payouts since 1942. Experts offer advice on how best to deal with the declining dividends.

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