To get details on the dividends for the SPY, go to the SPDR website and click on ETF Tax Information â 2008, which brings up a pdf file. The dividends for the SPY are shown on page 2 of the pdf. You'll see that in 2008, SPY paid $2.72 a share in dividends, $2.33 a share of which was qualified. The SPY owns some real-estate investment trusts, which pay some unqualified dividends.
Disasters affect peopleâs health or lives and the infrastructure that supports our society. Disasters can be classified according to their: 1  Speed of onset (sudden or slow). 2  Scale (minor, moderate or major). 3  Cause (natural or man-made).
1 Most natural disasters are caused by weather. 2  Weather disasters can be caused by hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, tsunamis, thunderstorms, wind storms, wildfires, avalanches, and blizzards.3  Some of the weather disasters can be predicted such as hurricanes and blizzards. Some wildfires are caused by lightning, but some are caused by people. 2  Flooding is the worldâs most expensive type of natural disaster because the damage can be so extensive. 3  Earthquakes are the deadliest of all natural disasters. 4  Some kinds of disasters are more common in some places than in others.