income investing

With interest rates at record lows, many investors are being forced into assuming greater risk in their portfolios to generate acceptable levels of income. As an...

There can often be pitfalls in pursuing a 'one or the other' strategy in equities. Hunting income can lead to yield traps. Chasing growth may result in overpaying for...

Retiree investors have borne significant financial pain as a result of the COVID-19 crisis and measures to stop its spread. Analysis by JPMorgan predicts that...

Dividend cuts are a hot topic for income investors. The team at Plato Investment Management expect ASX 200 payouts to fall 30% on aggregate this year. While some big...

(Ed’s Note: We asked two of our contributors who have strong views on banks to produce a bear versus bull case on this critical sector for income investors and SMSFs....

**Updated 27/05** - With some bank stocks up a whopping 10% at one point in today's session, we asked Romano for his latest view. He said:"Modern investors are using...

They say a picture tells a thousand words and the story for UK financial sector investors could not be more depressing going by the below chart. A theoretical $100...

Offices are going extinct. Shopping malls are going to become ghost towns. These are some of the theories being bandied about by investors looking to the other side of...

The property market catchcry "location, location, location" has been disrupted by coronavirus, according to Andrew Schwartz, Group Managing Director of property debt...

Income investors should brace for an overall 30% reduction in dividends across the Australian share market, according to Plato Investment Management. The economic...

The major miners BHP, Rio Tinto and Fortescue endured a horrible run during the mid-2010s amid the commodities meltdown. After battening down the hatches and disposing...

(Ed's Note: On 6 April 2020 ASIC commenced proceedings against Mayfair 101 and Mayfair Platinum for misleading or deceptive advertising.)The brands IPO Wealth &...

I know a lot of you hold big holdings in banks for income, so have we, but it has, in hindsight, been one of the biggest Australian investment mistakes of the last...

Most investors looking for equity dividend income turn to the same six old names, even if the threat of another dividend cut hovers just overhead. However, dividend...

“We have delivered on our commitments and we are laying the foundations for future growth into the next decade”.These were former CEO David Thodey’s comments at...

Since I first looked at “Five great charts on investing for income” two years ago, the Australian cash rate has halved, 10-year bond yields have fallen by two thirds...

All investing strategies need to evolve with market conditions, and in particular to the current stage of the cycle. So in constructing an income portfolio to perform...

If you had bought CSL when it floated in 1994, a little over a decade later you were sitting on a ten-bagger. Most investors would have been happy to cash in then, but...

Seasonality of payouts, an over-reliance on the financials and resources sectors, and a lack of dividend growth means that Australian investors would benefit from...

Following this week's global share-market rout, Saxo Capital Markets Australia Market Strategist Eleanor Creagh said that global markets remain vulnerable to a...