Dividends put shares in a class of their own

Clancy Yeates If you're comparing different asset classes, shares have one significant advantage at the moment: the dividends.


Dividends still up in the air

Plane and rainbow.

John Collett Flying Kangaroo lands a profit but small investors may not be happy.


Caution starting to pay dividends

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More dividends not something to bank on

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Thursday 13th January 2010
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Clancy Yeates A big reason bank stocks have been such a smash hit with investors this year is their great dividends.

David Potts

Let them eat dividends: Reporting season 2012


David Potts Although a slew of companies have already downgraded their profit hopes, market experts are pointing out that returns are higher, even if the outlook remains uncertain.

Insight: dividends

Clancy Yeates

Clancy Yeates In an otherwise gloomy climate for investing, dividends are giving shareholders a ray of hope.

Dividends: the game's changed

Martin Roth Income investors will have to revise their thinking.

Dividends can pay off

I Can Do That The strategy: to buy shares for income.

Why diversifying pays dividends


David Potts Banks' bonds and shares represent attractive options - but they're not the only high-yielding game in town.

Good dividends key to recovery

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Fund Pick Are the days of cash as the first-choice investment of many risk-adverse investors numbered? With interest rates on their way down, you would think the cash yields on the big banks and stocks such as...


Trade Me a pay-off for the patient

Trade Me.

Brian Han The interim results of New Zealand's leading online company show a set of numbers weighed down by the current reinvestment strategy.


Results place Woolies as the quiet achiever


Nathan Bell While Coles secures glowing headlines, Woolies remains our preferred supermarket pick with world-beating returns.


Pursuit of riches and that once-in-a-life event

ASX members had a rare windfall when its shares were listed in 1998.

Marcus Padley I spend my life wishing I was just that little bit better off. Quite a big bit better off in fact.


Working the yield of dreams


John Collett With interest rates on hold, it's a good idea to look around for higher returns.


Keeping the day job for now as cheery sharemarket boosts returns

David Potts Every dog has its day and one mutt couldn't be happier halfway through the shares race.

Pick the dividend champs

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John Collett Concerns that the share prices of the big dividend payers had become overheated have been reduced by the better-than-expected results in the February reporting season.


No bargain but results impress

Brian Han Ardent Leisure has a diversified portfolio of entertainment assets and just posted a stellar set of numbers. But is it worth investing in?


Interest news good for lenders, not so for savers

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David Potts Always one for jumping ahead of itself, the market has decided interest rates will rise next year.


Big banks just keep on keeping on

David Potts Australia's major banks are leading charmed lives, especially their shareholders.


Grab some global exposure with ETF investing

Marcus Padley Exchange traded funds enable man-in-the-moon investing rather than Australian tunnel-vision investing.