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In an environment where interest rates remain at record-lows and term deposits can no longer deliver the yield they once did for income-hungry investors, there are...

Right from the start over 50 years ago, Australian real estate investment trusts (AREITs), then known as listed property trusts (LPTs), were tailored to risk averse...

They are officially back. The August reporting season re-opened the treasure chest of dividends, but are they destined to stay? Banks have announced record buybacks,...

It was expected to be a sound reporting season for dividend investors, but so far it’s one that has exceeded the expectations of many. For those invested in...

There are some topics that irrefutably divide the nation. The State of Origin, Vegemite, hipsters, for instance, or the existence of Australia's most dangerous...

As we predicted, Commonwealth Bank (ASX: CBA) has today announced an off-market buy-back, with the size – at $6 billion - slightly exceeding our expectation of $5...

If income investing was an Olympic sport, Australia would hold a silver medal, ranking second highest in the world for its dividend yield. And you can thank our...

It was Paul Kelly who famously sang that "from little things, big things grow". And that sure has been true of our waistlines during lockdowns. On the other hand,...

The year started with such optimism - vaccines were on their way, the recession that could have lingered turned into one of the best reporting seasons on record...

Investors who ignore Afterpay (ASX: APT) and other listed financial technology firms bent on disrupting banks risk missing out on impressive returns. So said Munro...

As many Australians spend hours in the coming weeks and months preparing tax returns, for retirees it may be a good time to reassess the tax effectiveness of share...

The COVID-induced market crash of 2020 has rattled both new and experienced investors by underscoring the pitfalls of over-allocating to growth assets. For owners of...

At NAOS Asset Management we invest in small and micro-cap industrial companies. While the concepts of smaller stocks and sustainable dividends may not typically go...

Over the past 20 years, the trend of investors seeking out lower cost investments that seek to match (rather than beat) the benchmark has exploded. As of March 2020,...

From morning to night, a procession of politicians lining up to front the media has ensured none of us could miss the fact a federal budget was delivered last week....

The banks are back, baby. Or so it seems. National Australia Bank (ASX: NAB), Commonwealth Bank (ASX: CBA), ANZ Bank (ASX: ANZ), and Westpac (ASX: WBC) have handsomely...

Love them or hate them, you really have to hate the banks. Right? Well - maybe not so fast. After all Aussie investors love them, and why not? They've been a trusty...

Earnings expectations have fully recovered the COVID-19 decline while dividend expectations have recovered only two thirds due to current conservative dividend payout...

US shares have rarely been high on an income investor's wishlist, with average dividend yields for the S&P 500 Index meaningfully trailing the ASX 200 Index and other...

The outlook for income investors looks remarkably bright, especially when you consider how things were looking just six months ago. Today, Westpac outperformed...