Dividend investing seems to be all the rage at the moment.  What with interest rates below inflation and bond prices dangerously high, it seems like everyone is suddenly a dividend investor.  Usually when an investment strategy becomes popular it’s time for smart investors to look for the exit.  So should dividend investors move onto something [...]

Whether or not a company’s shares are a good investment will depend on what you’re looking for.  In my case I want my investments (which match those in the UKVI Model Portfolio) to produce higher total returns than the general market (i.e. the FTSE All Share), primarily through: Having a higher dividend yield at all times [...]

Despite the ongoing financial crisis it seems that bank shares are still a popular investment, and Barclays’ shares may be the most popular of all.  However, there’s more to investing than simply looking for what’s popular. Of the UK banks, Barclays has –so far – coped with the crisis relatively well.  It hasn’t suspended its [...]

Investing in high yield shares seems to be all the rage at the moment, and that’s no bad thing as high yield shares have been shown to outperform market averages in the long-run.  The problem is that there’s more to picking high yield shares than simply looking for a high yield! There are many other [...]

Neil Woodford’s latest purchase of Morrisons makes him the company’s largest shareholder.  This move is in stark contrast to Woodford’s exit from Tesco just over a year ago.  We know that Warren Buffett prefers Tesco, so which supermarket is the better investment? Before I get into the details, I have to admit that sometimes I [...]