During a partial eclipse when leaves on trees cause dappled shade, each hole between the leaves can act like a pinhole camera causing an effect on the shadows. See the pictures below which were taken at the same time of day. You can see that the leaves show the crescent sun.
| Normal | Eclipse |
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When you own a stock, a dividend cut is a painful thing. In my investing adventures over the last few years I have experienced many of them, two in the last month. I’m hoping to see a pattern to avoid such events in the future.
| Symbol | Proximate Cause | Secondary Cause |
| TLSYY | Political factors | |
| TEVA | Decline in generic medicine prices | Too much debt |
| COP | Decline in price of oil | |
| SDRL | Decline in price of oil | Too much debt |
| LINN | Decline in price of oil | Too much debt |
| KMI | Decline in price of oil | Too much debt and too aggressive of a payout ratio in good times |
| TAC | Decline in price of electricity | Lack of diversification in geography |
| BBL | Decline in price of commodities | |
| HCP | Lack of diversity in tenants | |
| MOS | Decline in price of fertilizer | |
| POT | Decline in price of fertilizer | |
| RYN | Accounting scandal & decline in price of goods |
802701 A.D. 