dividends

Everyone loves a bargain. It's why Boxing Day sales are such a riot, or why my car salesman father tries to haggle nearly everything he buys. But as in life, sometimes...

"The Federal Reserve is the only Sherrif in town," says John Woods, Chief Investment Officer (Asia Pacific) at Credit Suisse. And what happens when the only Sheriff...

In our September quarter’s Investment Insights section, we deconstructed the total return of the S&P500 Index into its fundamental building blocks and highlighted...

On Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced that inflation had surged 1.8% higher in the third quarter, taking the headline inflation rate for the...

In an inflationary, rising rate environment, it's easy to see why many investors would be desperately on the hunt for yield. Currently, there are 20 S&P/ASX 300...

Funds management requires balance, between process and independent thinking. These two dimensions are not particularly compatible on the face of it but, if done...

Inflation is high and investment income needs to keep up with the grocery bills (let alone energy prices). Interest rates are also rising which is both an...

The Martin Currie Australian Equity Income Fund was born out of necessity – and love. The fund, originally designed for retirees, was established because of a gap in...

In Australia, income investing is too often thought of as fully-franked dividend investing. That narrow lens can easily lead to a dividend trap – where investors...

Persistent and widespread inflation is forcing central banks to maintain aggressive hiking cycles, putting growth assets, like equities, under pressure. The good...

Ah, dividend traps. The Achilles' heel of any income investor's portfolio. These too-good-to-be-true dividend yields are often that, enticing - sure, but...

While it might not feel like it this year, the big wet is usually a seasonal occurrence. Dividends too are seasonal, with the traditional dividend ‘wet season’...

Only six months ago, John Tobin, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Epoch Investment Partners, would have suggested the market outlook was fairly...

With a roller-coaster start to the year (okay we’ve just seen the down bit), investors may well see an opportunity in local, home grown, Australian dividends. The...

While there is a range of different options for income-seeking investors, we believe the long-term benefits of dividend income investing can provide a superior...

Welcome to another edition of Charts and Caffeine - our daily markets wrap featuring the best charts and reads from across Livewire's team of expert editors. Let's...

For many years, the ticker for dental group 1300 Smiles appeared in one of my ‘highly profitable’ stock watchlists. Checking this watchlist is no longer the same, as...

Australian equities are likely to underperform the world market over the next five years, according to the Blackrock Investment Institute. Local market returns are...

Michael Maughan of Tyndall Asset Management identifies companies that can benefit from decarbonisation and pay out a higher yield.

The makeup of the Australian stock market is probably best summarised in a three-word phrase: houses and holes. Last month, the major miners handed down their...