Certainly these are sobering days.  I've no problem hanging in for the long on the vast majority of my dividend producing stocks and funds, but CSE and WB are essentially non-players now, in terms of dividends for the future.  My positions would seem to need liquidating.

So what is looking good for safe and growing dividends as we eventually come up on a bottom?

I'm not really looking for replacements in the "financial services" sector, but prefer companies whose business and business model I can understand. 

Utilities in developing countries continue to looking interesting.  Power growth is basically 2X GDP growth, and no country will allow its power system to go under, so margin and profit problems are always temporary.   CPL and HNP have both come down a lot and are looking more attrractive to increase my positions.

What are you thinking about?  What seems like a good, safe dividend bets?

Regards

Robert