Three good plays for income

Seek out companies likely to grow their dividend, says professional investor Sam Morse. Here, he tips three such stocks to buy now.

Each week, a professional investor tells MoneyWeek where he'd put his money now. This week:Sam Morse, portfolio manager, Fidelity European Values.

My approach to investment involves identifying companies with the best prospects for consistent dividend growth. Usually this means I invest in large, well-run businesses that operate in secular growth industries.

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Sam Morse

Sam Morse is a portfolio manager of Fidelity European Values.He joined Fidelity in 1990 as a research analyst and four years later he progressed as a portfolio manager in 1994, where he was responsible for running several retail UK equity funds and mandates. In 1997 Sam joined M&G as Head of UK Equities and one fund he ran in particular was the M&G UK Growth Fund. Sam then went back to Fidelity in 2004 as Head of the Institutional UK Equity Team, and his role consisted of developing UK equity solutions for institutional clients and managing UK equity portfolios. Since 2009 to present, Sam continues to manage the Fidelity European Fund and Fidelity European Trust PLC since 2011.