Maximising dividends in an uncertain world

During fertile times for equities, dividends tend to be largely ignored by investors. However, their importance to the long-term total returns of stocks is something that should not be overlooked, especially in such a precarious market

One of the simplest and most rewarding equity investment strategies is to buy quality dividend stocks at attractive valuations. Dividends are largely ignored by investors when equities are performing strongly, but are a very important part of the total return of stocks as they tend to contribute well over 50% of the annual total returns in the major equity markets over the long term. Global equity income investing is a strategy that allows investors to invest in dividend-paying stocks globally that have a strong probability of increasing their dividend payments to shareholders. These sto...