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High yielding, fully franked dividend stocks have long been the cornerstone of an income investor’s portfolio. However, with many ‘blue-chips’ slashing dividends,...

Given the unimaginable extent of the dividend cuts across the market, equity income investors must explore new ways to generate sufficient income. Here’s how to design...

While investors’ need for income is not going away, it may become harder to find stable and predictable sources of income over the next 12 months. Companies across...

Record declines in employment and hours worked have been met with record policy stimulus. In this note, I delve into the scale of the income shock facing the consumer...

For investors reliant on income, the current economic outlook appears bleak. Where should they look for yield? Many newspapers talk about investors as a single group,...

I would like to say upfront that on behalf of everyone at APN Property Group, that our thoughts go out to those directly impacted by the COVID-19 virus. We regard the...

Share markets are at or around record levels despite lots of worries, particularly around the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. A common concern is that this is because...

While the RBA has today kept Australia’s cash rate on hold, investors, particularly Australia’s 3.8 million retirees continue to be faced with what has now become a...

As we enter 2020, many Australian investors may be looking to diversify their share portfolios by investing in global equities. If you’re one of them, you might have...

If you were to guess what’s in the portfolio of income specialist, Plato Investment Management, you probably wouldn’t have put growth juggernaut, CSL, on your list....

We know that low cash rates and bond yields have made accessing income increasingly challenging. As a result, investors are going further up the risk spectrum to buy...

When low interest rates see savers cross-subsidising borrowers, something’s got to give. But how can savers fight back? Taking a broader approach to capital...

When looking at Australian and US investment-grade credit, they both offer similar risk premia, but when drilling down into each market, investors will discover stark...

The decision to introduce dividend imputation has provided an unforeseen benefit for Australia, perhaps one that is still not fully appreciated by policy makers – it...

Falling domestic interest rates had primed the Australian equity market for a poor bout of earnings results. By and large results were soft, but not disastrously so. ...

If you find mortgage repayments a burden, consider moving to Denmark, where Jyske Bank recently announced a 10-year fixed rate mortgage with an interest rate of minus...

We live in interesting times. Who would have predicted Australian cash rates and bond yields would be trading at 1% or less at the end of last year?Well, here we are...

With government bonds yielding around 1%, term deposits paying around 2%, and cash accounts often paying nothing, it’s no surprise that investors are looking in...

Welcome to today’s webinar, where two wealth managers will explain how they go about building a diversified income strategy. The recent interest rate cuts from the...

Projected dividend growth for the ASX 200 is negative for the first time since the GFC and equity income investors need to change their focus from yield to income....