Equity Income

Last time I wrote about the current challenge for investors in the face of the potential combination of rising interest rates and falling growth, especially as so...

BHP is a long-time favourite among SMSF investors and it's easy to see why. The mining giant delivered a strong and growing dividend and distributes a valuable amount...

The Commonwealth Bank (ASX: CBA) and Woolworths (ASX: WOW) have now completed their off-market buybacks. CBA’s $6 billion transaction, completed October 4, enabled it...

With interest rates are at record lows, investors may be tempted to chase high dividend-yielding stocks to replenish lost income in their portfolios. However, chasing...

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 is a lot of noise in the financial press (meme stocks, crypto, central bank policy, etc.) and so it’s hard to really know what to focus on. In times like...

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...

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,...

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...

Savers have long recognised the need to balance income and capital, but recently this has proven difficult as yields of all asset classes have fallen to very low...