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BP has slashed its dividend – and markets love it
Opinion BP has bowed to the inevitable and cut its dividend in half – and its share price promptly rose. John Stepek explains what it means for shareholders and for beleaguered income investors.
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How safe are your dividends?
Features Dividend investing can be a great strategy. But how can you avoid the stocks that are liable to cut your income? Phil Oakley explains.
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Income investors: here’s what to do as dividends shrink
Advice Dividends may never die, but they are certainly shrinking. And may not return to the levels we saw in the past. Merryn Somerset Webb explains what income investors should do.
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Dividend investors face years of income devastation
News Dividend payments to shareholders fell by 57% in the second quarter of this year, and do not look like returning to their 2019 level until 2026.
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A beginner's guide to dividends
Beginners' Guides Dividends - company profits paid out to shareholders - are absolutely critical to your returns as an investor. Since 1925, nearly half of the return an investor would have made from the main US stock market came from reinvesting dividend income into shares. Here, Tim Bennett explains what dividends are, how they work, and how to find the best dividend-paying stocks.
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How to build a secure income portfolio
Cover Story The Covid-19 crisis has been a huge test for income portfolios, with global dividends slashed on a scale unprecedented for more than 70 years. Cris Sholto Heaton looks at some of the lessons so far.
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What should income investors do now?
Sponsored John Stepek talks to Iain Barnes, head of portfolio management at challenger wealth manager Netwealth, and Matt Conradi, head of client advisory at Netwealth, about how to generate an income from your portfolio without relying on hefty dividend payouts.
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Watch out income investors – BP looks likely to cut its dividend in the near future
Opinion Oil major BP is writing billions off the value of its assets as it struggles to adapt to the changing world. Unlike Shell, however, BP hasn’t yet cut its dividend. But, says John Stepek, it’s only a matter of time till it does.
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Income investors should look beyond Britain to beat the cash squeeze
Cover Story Dividend cuts by FTSE 100 companies won’t be repaired quickly – many firms were already living beyond their means. Investors should diversify abroad for sustainable high yields, says Cris Sholto Heaton.
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