"But there's another 3.8% in dividend taxes that will kick in next year no matter what. That's because Obama's health care law has a 3.8% dividend tax increase written into it, and with Obama's re-election, that increase is all but a sure thing at this point.
Even though fiscal cliff discussions are ongoing, it's a pretty sure bet that dividend taxes are going up no matter what. And while it may seem like a jackpot for investors now, the flip side of the issue is this: Dividends may dry up next year after the 2012 binge is over."

If the dividends DRY-UP so will the investors!

THANKS BO-DUMBO!! 

How to lose your assets in less that 45 days: There are less than 45 days left before Year End. The Fiscal Cliff looms and publicly traded companies who lived fully off stock activity are preparing one last dividend offering before the bottom falls out. Which comes first- payment of the dividend or bankruptcy filings? When a business announces a dividend sharing, it says "shareholders on day XX of record will be paid on day XX". With the exception of yesterday's criminally-orchestra​ted market pump, markets have been steadily declining since Election Day. Layoffs and terminations have been increasing. The 3rd quarter was dismal. The big events of the 4th quarter aren't building any momentum. It is very likely that dividend qualification day occurs on a downward slope. Shorters would have that covered and literally cause a stock price to fall below the value of the dividend. The next day of course, dividend w.hores sell out and cause that stock to collapse entirely. Shorters get paid first because there is no delay like the dividend so by the time dividend payout day arrives... it could come a day and dollar too late. The kicker... a great deal of this activity will come from two sources-- illegal offshore (dark) and super computerized funds. The very real potential exists that around or on 12/21/12, combined computerized and adverse influences wipes out the financial sector completely. Not a fantasy... consider the aspects and manipulation culminating in a single bad trade/sale day. BOOM... Wall Street is out of business.

Laugh it off now. Fools always do. I may not be Roubini but we tend to arrive at the same answers fairly often. Too many on the deck, all leaning in the same direction. No economy in offset. Gravity. It's not rocket science, just commonsense. When YOU are broke, it's the shelter not bail, ahead.