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).
The natural disasters that China suffers from most have the following characteristics: 1. Diverse types. They include meteorological disasters, earthquakes, geological disasters, marine disasters, biological disasters, and forest and grassland fires. Except for modern volcanic activity, China has suffered from most types of natural disasters. 2. Wide scope of distribution. Natural disasters cause damages in different degrees to all of China's provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government). More than 70 percent of Chinese cities and more than 50 percent of the Chinese population are located in areas vulnerable to serious earthquakes, or meteorological, geological or marine disasters.