Why I love dividends and you should too

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Key points Dividends are great for investors as decent dividends augur well for earnings growth, they provide a degree of security in uncertain and volatile times, they are likely to

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The great dividend dilemma

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The demand for yield has stretched valuations of traditional high-yielding stocks. Malcolm Whitten, Portfolio Manager at Tyndall AM explains that looking at the total return to shareholders, not just the

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Have corporate strategies for the current financial environment worked?’

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Brad Potter, Portfolio Manager and Senior Analyst, Tyndall AM provides his key take-outs from the August company reporting season. Weak consumer demand, a slowdown in China and a high Australian

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Oliver’s Insights: The search for yield

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Assets with a decent and sustainable yield are attractive because they provide a greater certainty of return in an environment of volatile and constrained capital growth. However, bank term deposit

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Are dividend yields sustainable?

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With declining bank term deposit rates, there has been increasing interest in dividend yields as a source of income for investors. But how do you determine how sustainable dividend yields

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Legg Mason urges investors to rethink retirement portfolios

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Real assets can be useful tool to produce stable income Legg Mason launches funds to fill gap for retiree tailored products x A new paper released by Legg Mason today

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Strong balance sheets fuel dividend growth, Russell says

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Australian dividends increase 6.4% Dividend yields rival term deposits Dividends are on the rise with the average dividend across the equity market growing 6.4% over the last six months, according

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Russell High Dividend ETF fastest growing in Australia

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Close to $150 million under management Since its launch in May 2010, the Russell High Dividend Australian Shares ETF (ASX code RDV) has grown faster by assets under management than

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Income investors turn to global equities

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Forecast double-digit earnings to drive dividend growth Income-seeking investors will increasingly turn to global equities in 2011, with leading international asset manager Threadneedle forecasting that key international markets will experience

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Dividends are back in fashion, so how do you know the designers from the fakes – Russell paper

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Russell urges investors to look beyond yield this reporting season With Rio Tinto upping its payout to shareholders and JB Hi-Fi, Cochlear and OZ Minerals following suit this reporting season,

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