dividends

"The Federal Reserve is the only Sherrif in town," says John Woods, Chief Investment Officer (Asia Pacific) at Credit Suisse. And what happens when the only Sheriff...

In our September quarter’s Investment Insights section, we deconstructed the total return of the S&P500 Index into its fundamental building blocks and highlighted...

On Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced that inflation had surged 1.8% higher in the third quarter, taking the headline inflation rate for the...

In an inflationary, rising rate environment, it's easy to see why many investors would be desperately on the hunt for yield. Currently, there are 20 S&P/ASX 300...

Funds management requires balance, between process and independent thinking. These two dimensions are not particularly compatible on the face of it but, if done...

Inflation is high and investment income needs to keep up with the grocery bills (let alone energy prices). Interest rates are also rising which is both an...

The Martin Currie Australian Equity Income Fund was born out of necessity – and love. The fund, originally designed for retirees, was established because of a gap in...

In Australia, income investing is too often thought of as fully-franked dividend investing. That narrow lens can easily lead to a dividend trap – where investors...

Persistent and widespread inflation is forcing central banks to maintain aggressive hiking cycles, putting growth assets, like equities, under pressure. The good...

Ah, dividend traps. The Achilles' heel of any income investor's portfolio. These too-good-to-be-true dividend yields are often that, enticing - sure, but...