This could be one of the best financial moves you’ll ever make

With Britain's economy worsening by the day, your best bet is to buy inflation-beating dividend-payers, says Bengt Saelensminde. Here, he explains how to find them and tips the best fund to buy now.

On Friday I made the case for investing in high yield stocks with a FTSE 350 dividend plus ETF.

With inflation running at 5.2%, the FTSE 100's payout of 3.5% is just too tight. It doesn't give you a real' return. With the FTSE 350 high-yielders, you at least have a reasonable chance of beating inflation.

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Bengt graduated from Reading University in 1994 and followed up with a master's degree in business economics.

 

He started stock market investing at the age of 13, and this eventually led to a job in the City of London in 1995. He started on a bond desk at Cantor Fitzgerald and ended up running a desk at stockbroker's Cazenove.

 

Bengt left the City in 2000 to start up his own import and beauty products business which he still runs today.