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May is shaping up to be one of the most important months for dividend-focused Australian investors, with bank reporting season beginning on May 3, with Westpac’s interim result. The unexpected strength of the sector was brought to light this week after two of the three main ratings agencies upgraded their views on the sector, on…

Depending on what you read, you may be mistaken that investing for income in ASX-listed shares is well and truly over. Not so, suggests Scott Kelly, Portfolio Manager of the DNR Capital Australian Equities Income Fund. The Brisbane-based specialist Australian equity manager simply suggests investors need to focus on those with the potential to pay…

Market down as Brisbane locks down, AGL to split, USD rallies  The ASX200 (ASX:XJO) finished 0.9% lower after the Queensland Government announced a lockdown amid surging virus cases in Brisbane and surrounding areas. The retail sector was hit hard, falling 1.4%, as the likes of Flight Centre (ASX:FLT), -1.8% and Webjet (ASX:WEB), -2.0%, were hit with cancellations of Easter travel plans. The…

ASX delivers a gain, AMP CEO to resign, wealth platforms take a major hit  The ASX200 (ASX:XJO) managed to register a slight gain, finishing 0.2% higher behind strength in the banking and healthcare sectors, with National Australia Bank (ASX:NAB) up 0.5% and CSL (ASX:CSL) 1.4% amid a search for quality. The news of the day was the rumoured departure of ‘saviour’…

The announcement this week that National Australia Bank (ASX: NAB) will redeem (repurchase) all National Income Securities (ASX: NABHA) on issue has been a long time coming. Issued in 1999, the perpetual or never-ending preference share raised around $2 billion to assist the bank in meeting its ongoing capital requirements. After trading as low as…

Global investment manager Pacific Investment Management Corporation (PIMCO) released the results of an extensive survey of Australian investors this week. The first of what will be a regular temperature check for investment markets, the survey questioned 2,500 individual investors aged over 35 with liquid assets exceeding US$100,000 ($131,000), on major market indicators. The survey spanned…

It seems like National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX: NAB) is recovering from the impacts of COVID-19. Are NAB shares a buy for dividends? What has the NAB share price been doing? The NAB share price is still down 16.5% from where it was before the COVID-19 decline. But it has gone up 23% since the start of November and…

New retail investors entered the sharemarket in droves over the first six months of the pandemic’s impact. Contrary to widely held views, for the most part, on average, they did very well. Very well indeed. But one has to be careful of averages. They can often mask skews from big single numbers and rarely do…

As 2020 comes to a close, investors of all kinds are faced with what seems to be a once-in-a lifetime dilemma: how to generate an income in a zero-rate world. Despite clear evidence that investing in stocks solely for their income has generally detracted from, rather than added to, long-term returns, the nature of the…

“If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em,” as Bugs Bunny would say. This is exactly what NAB and CBA have done to take on the Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) phenomenon. NAB was the first to launch its new StraightUp credit card, which is aimed at millennials by offering interest-free purchases on credit anywhere that accepts Visa. Credit…