Injecting hope into UK equities: Short-term volatility worth the pain to reap long-term rewards

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For any UK investor reviewing 2020 and the falls seen in the FTSE All Share, and particularly dividend cuts, one’s attention naturally turns to the outlook for dividends from here and any lessons we may have learned.

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