How to spot the true “dividend heroes”

Investment trusts are increasingly drawing on capital reserves to boost dividends. Learn to identify and sidestep the tactic’s pitfalls and you could profit, says Sarah Moore.

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Investment trusts are increasingly drawing on capital reserves to boost dividends. Learn to identify and sidestep the tactic's pitfalls and you could profit, says Sarah Moore.

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Sarah is MoneyWeek's investment editor. She graduated from the University of Southampton with a BA in English and History, before going on to complete a graduate diploma in law at the College of Law in Guildford. She joined MoneyWeek in 2014 and writes on funds, personal finance, pensions and property.