income investing

Economy-wide measures of inflation come with inherent flaws. This is through no fault of the agencies charged with measuring inflation (domestically it’s the...

Like many of us, Rob became serious about investing for the love of his family. Rob’s initial goal was to ensure he and his wife had enough income to support a...

Will Australian investors’ love affair with the “Big 4” banks resume after the pandemic, or has the equity income dynamic shifted forever? And what’s the big sector...

Investors seeking income generally do so at the expense of growth. After all, a dollar returned in income, is a dollar not reinvested. But the 'Fourth Industrial...

Considering Australian investors' thirst for yield and the growing popularity of exchange-traded funds, it may surprise some to learn that around 20% of ETFs listed...

While Dimitri is a proud Greek-Australian, he wields the luck of the Irish when it comes to picking his moments in life and the market. Dimitri moved to Australia to...

As if it was not hard enough for income-seeking investors, global interest rates were plumbing all-time lows at the start of 2020, even before the pandemic hit....

Where will income come from? Today's investors need to know, particularly if they have an eye on retirement and aim to grow their assets while funding anticipated...

Warren Buffett once said that "if you don't find a way to make money in your sleep, you will work until you die". While some may find this adage crude, it is a...

"Investors get ready for 11pc return from property stocks" - This was a headline in the AFR this week that probably caught many investors, particularly real estate...

What’s an aristocrat? For me, the term conjures stereotypes of high-born wealth. And, curiously, a line from the famous Johnny Cash song Folsom Prison springs to mind:...

Income investors, many aged 65-years and over, were knocked for six last year as dividends dried up. Each of Australia’s big four banks either suspended or slashed...

It’s no mistake that Australian investors receive some of the highest dividends in the world. Our generous franking credit tax breaks go a long way toward explaining...

Australian income investors' lives have changed, maybe permanently. The collapse in cash and term deposit rates has made things much harder than it was between 1990...

In a matter of months, we’ve experienced a remarkable turn-around when it comes to Australian equity income and right now it’s safe to say dividends are back. After a...

Since 2010 traditional blue-chip yield stocks have become notoriously unreliable for consistent income. Take for example NAB's dividend, which peaked at $1.98 in FY 14...

Dividend sustainability has become front-of-mind for investors as Australian companies grapple with the short-term hit to earnings and payouts as a result of COVID-19...

It’s only natural that investors are feeling nervous about the future of A-REIT and infrastructure sectors (outside of industrial and utility stocks). Since the...

It’s all about certainty. People who argue that government bonds are a bad investment often base it on expectations of higher rates, higher inflation or simply that...

The financial fallout from COVID-19 is now in plain sight as the first wave of results which fully capture the damage from forced lockdowns are released to the market....