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Wilson Asset Management (WAM) is a leading fund manager in Australia with various funds like WAM Capital Limited (ASX: WAM), WAM Leaders Ltd (ASX: WLE) and WAM Research Limited (ASX: WAX). It made the case for some top ASX shares. The WAM...

Finding an ASX dividend share with a yield over 5% these days is a tough ask, let alone 9%. The (hopefully temporary) demise of ASX bank shares as hefty dividend payers, together with the coronavirus pandemic, has caused a dearth of divide...

A prominent investment manager has called for the government to scrap plans to permanently allow ASX-listed companies to conduct virtual annual general meetings (AGMs). To allow companies to conduct business under the threat of the COVID-1...

When it comes to ASX dividend shares, usually investors are sceptical when a yield of 10% or more is on offer. These shares are often referred to as ‘dividend traps’ because the yields simply look too good to be true (and in a dividend tra...

The soon-to-be-defunct Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund Ltd (ASX: BAF) finally has a new portfolio manager. Blue Sky, which is set to morph into WAM Alternative Assets Ltd (ASX: WMA) sometime this week, has had a long and tumultuous perio...

Is the WAM Global Limited (ASX: WGB) share price a buy for dividends? Over time it could become one of the most useful ASX dividend shares to own in my opinion. A quick overview of WAM Global WAM Global is a listed investment company (LIC)...

Well, October is here, and we are now officially in the last quarter of 2020 — a year that many more of us than usual are probably looking forward to seeing the back of. Small milestones like this occasion are always a good opportunity for...

WAM Capital Limited (ASX: WAM) is a listed investment company (LIC) well-known for its fully-franked dividends. Since its inception in 1999, WAM Capital has returned an average of 16.1% per annum for its investors (before fees and taxes)....

High yield ASX dividend shares may be quite attractive to investors at the moment. Interest rates are now incredibly low and that makes the dividends offered by ASX shares seem very appealing. But just because something pays a dividend, ev...

High-yielding ASX dividend shares with yields over 8% are increasingly hard to find in 2020. Far more common are the ASX dividend shares with trailing yields of more than 8% but which have fallen from grace after admitting their dividend p...

The Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund Ltd (ASX: BAF) share price is up over 5% today on news that its management will shift to Wilson Asset Management. Its listed name will soon become Wilson Alternative Assets. The company announced the ou...

A veteran investment executive has warned immense grief could come soon for share investors. Wilson Asset Management chair Geoff Wilson in an investor call on Friday said the last few months of the ASX have looked “very frothy”. “We could...

It’s no secret 2020 so far has been the year of the disappearing dividend. We’ve had a revolving door of companies cancelling, slashing, deferring or suspending their shareholder payouts so far this year. That far-from-illustrious conga li...

Finding ASX shares with dividend yields over 7% is a lot harder than it used to be. Gone are the days when at least 2 of the big four ASX banks had a 7% yield on offer. Ditto with other ASX blue chips like Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW) o...

The August earnings season has delivered many surprises – some good and some bad. But as an investor who likes to hunt for dividend income myself, what has really stood out for me right now is the dearth of robust dividend income stemming...

With the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) keeping the official cash rate at a record low of 0.25% this month, it’s certainly a tough time to be an income investor. Having a ‘traditional’, conservative income portfolio consisting of a mixtur...

2020 has been a tough year for ASX dividend shares. Former dividend heavyweights like Transurban Group (ASX: TCL), Ramsay Health Care Limited (ASX: RHC) and Sydney Airport Holdings Pty Ltd (ASX: SYD) have slashed, deferred or cancelled the...

I think that there are some ASX dividend shares that are worth a spot in every income investor’s portfolio. Some ASX dividend shares offer very large dividend yields like WAM Research Limited (ASX: WAX). But that may not suit everyone. Per...

I think that WAM Microcap Limited (ASX: WMI) is a retiree’s dream dividend share. Plenty of retirees just have a portfolio stuffed full of ASX blue chips that (normally) provide a high level of dividend income. Popular names include Westpa...

The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is having a bit of a Goldilocks day and can’t seem to decide whether it thinks ASX shares are too hot, too cold or just right. After open, we saw a surge, followed by a dip and now (at the time of writi...

WAM Research Limited (ASX: WAX) has revealed some of the best ASX shares to own for strong returns for your stock portfolio. What is WAM Research? WAM Research is a listed investment company (LIC). The job of a LIC is to invest in other sh...

ASX dividend shares are a great place to find a good source of income in my opinion.  Bank interest is now very low. People may want their money to work harder, particularly if income is the goal. Growth shares can create solid returns wit...

Investing in high yield dividend shares has both pros and cons. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest rate is now very low at just 0.25%. I think ASX dividend shares are the best way to solve this income problem. But are high yield...

23 March 2020. That’s the day the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) found its bottom for the year so far. On that fateful day, the ASX 200 descended below 4,500 points before finishing the day at 4,546. That’s a long way from the levels we...

There are some ASX dividend shares out there paying out huge amounts of cash. You need to be careful with high dividend yields. Sometimes those shares can actually be yield traps. The dividend may be unsustainably high. It could include a...

Do you want to replace your entire wage with dividends? It’s definitely possible to do it with ASX dividend shares. I think having excess cash in the bank making interest at less than 1% just seems like a missed opportunity. Before the cor...

High yield ASX dividend shares could be the answer to generate income in this difficult environment. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has pushed the official interest down to an extremely low level. How are people supposed to make an in...

I believe that every Australian investor can make $1,000 a month in dividends. To do that you need to invest in ASX dividend shares. In this era of very low interest rates it’s more important than ever for your money to be working hard for...

Finding ASX dividend shares with yields over 10% can be a dangerous game. A yield over 10% normally indicates that the market views the yield as risky, and primed for a possible dividend cut. Otherwise, it’s likely that the share price wou...

With June almost upon us (insert obligatory comment about how fast the year is flying by), it’s a great opportunity to examine our ASX share portfolios, and particularly our dividend shares. 2020 has been a topsy-turvy year so far for many...

I think that high yield dividend shares could be the answer for income during these times. The problem for some investors is that solid dividend shares like APA Group (ASX: APA) have seen the yield compressed as the share price rises. Divi...

Having a spare $130,000 to invest in an ASX dividend portfolio is probably an unlikely scenario for most readers (as well as this writer). But that doesn’t mean it’s not a valuable thought exercise! Building a portfolio of ASX dividend sha...

Is it possible to get an ASX dividend share with a yield of more than 10% that isn’t a value trap? Well, that’s the question we’ll be looking at today. When an ASX dividend share offers to pay you back your invested money in just dividends...

ASX dividend shares are a great way to boost your income. Cash is still a good way to protect your capital value. But what if you’re trying to make an income? It hardly earns anything any more. But dividends can be the answer. Businesses a...

Looking for strong dividends in 2020? Well, they’re not as easy to find as it might have appeared in January or February. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus and subsequent economic lockdowns, a huge range of ASX blue-chips announced div...

Should you invest in ASX shares for income? The RBA interest rate is now so low it’s almost impossible to generate meaningful income from a savings account or term deposit. If someone has a large sum of money in the bank – millions – then...

You can be paid huge amounts of cash to own the ASX dividend shares in this article in your portfolio. If you’re trying to generate income then the RBA’s official interest rate of 0.25% isn’t going to do much for you unless you’re just pro...

Dividends have become something of a scarce commodity on the ASX these days. Many formerly ‘reliable’ ASX shares have deferred or cancelled their dividend payments in 2020 – and we’re only in May! We may well see many more ASX companies fo...

I think that high-yield dividend shares can be detrimental to building your wealth, particularly if you choose the wrong ones. Reason 1: Tax Taxes are the subscription fee for being part of a good society, but you don’t need to be handing...

The best ASX dividend shares for income are the only ones I’d trust to fund my life’s expenses. I just don’t think that shares like Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) and Sydney Airport Holdings Pty Ltd (ASX: SYD) are going to cut it over the...

Retiree dividends are in short supply at the moment after banks like Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ASX: ANZ) deferred their dividends. Where should retirees get dividends now? I think it was t...

There are a number of ASX shares offering big dividend yields above 10%. Some of them could be good choices for income, whereas others may be yield traps. Just think about the ASX banks like National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX: NAB), Australi...

For most of 2019, I didn’t buy a lot of ASX shares. No matter where I looked, the share prices of my favourite companies looked too expensive. Things have been remarkably different in 2020 – and not for the reason I hoped. But still, there...

2020 has been a crazy year so far for ASX dividend shares (as well as the world). We have seen formerly ‘safe’ income shares like Sydney Airport Holdings Pty Ltd (ASX: SYD) and Ramsay Health Care Limited (ASX: RHC) suspend 2020 dividend pa...

23 March 2020 was a very special day on the ASX. No, it wasn’t my birthday (although it was awfully close). It was the day that the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) fell to 4,403 – which turned out to be its 2020 bottom (at least up till n...

It’s ASX dividend shares that really come into their own in a financial world where interest rates are close to 0%,. The coronavirus has completely turned things upside down for many industries. Lots of retail businesses are completely shu...

I can understand why investors are wanting to create a yearly income of $50,000 in dividends. The coronavirus has shown how fast incomes can disappear for workers, but plenty of businesses have the financial flexibility to be able to keep...

WAM Research Limited (ASX: WAX) has a grossed-up dividend yield of 12% – is it a buy for income? WAM Research is a listed investment company (LIC) which is run by the high-performing team at Wilson Asset Management (WAM). It looks to inves...

In hindsight, I think 2020 will be remembered as the year of ‘lost dividends’ on the ASX. Normally, most ASX blue-chip companies reward their shareholders with dividend payments periodically. But since most companies’ earnings are likely t...

I think it could be a good idea to consider replacing your term deposit with ASX dividend shares. Term deposits provide a safe source of income for people. But with Australia’s interest rate now at an extremely low 0.25%, I think it’s no g...