dividends

Newton Asian Income manager Jason Pidcock discusses his expectations for the region's markets in 2010 with Asset TV's Mark Colegate

Stock market experts are warning of another year of dividend famine as some of Britain's biggest dividend mainstays struggle to maintain payments to shareholders.

How do the runes read? As a result of cutting costs and maintaining prices, companies are continuing to show better cashflow.

As its name suggests, the UK equity income sector provides exposure to companies that pay above-average dividends (the criteria for inclusion in the IMA UK equity income sector is a dividend yield of at least 110% of the FTSE All Share index yield).

Dividend payers are likely to command a premium in 2010 as dividends and dividend growth are likely to remain muted given continued low payouts from key areas of the market.

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With quantative easing measures contributing to strong market rallies, it could be that the worst of the cuts in dividends is over

When there are significant changes in dividend trends, it is important to understand the practices FTSE applies to determine the annual dividend of a share following a declared interim dividend

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