Articles On WAM Research (ASX:WAX)

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Wednesday. Here’s a short recap of the Australian market: S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) lower 0.55% t...

WAM Research Limited (ASX: WAX) is famous for the ability to pay large, fully-franked dividends to its shareholders. Since 2010, this listed investment company (LIC) has delivered a return averaging 16.7% per year. A fair chunk of this ret...

With November right around the corner, speculation is rife whether the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will cut interest rates once more for the year when it meets on Melbourne Cup day. Regardless if the cash rate goes to 0.5% or stays at...

Introduction This year the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has cut the interest rates thrice and there is an anticipation for it to be cut again for the fourth time. Therefore, the current cash rate is at a record low of 0.75%, the cash dep...

Everyone loves getting passive income and an alternative source of cash flow. Sure, most of us work our jobs and try to eke out a living from the proceeds, but getting an additional stream of cash from dividend shares certainly makes life...

One of the newest listed investment companies (LICs) on the market, WAM Global Ltd (ASX: WGB) has had an interesting start to its life. WAM Global is the first Wilson Asset Management LIC to have a mandate to invest beyond our shores, whic...

In this era of record-low interest rates, ASX dividend shares are very much in vogue. After all, when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates for the third time this year two weeks ago, it further reduced the interest rates...

Wilson Asset Management, a leading investment manager in Australia, has come up with its September 2019 update. Global Cues In September 2019, the MSCI World Index (AUD) firmed up 2% amid escalating tensions between the two largest economie...

When Wilson Asset Management gives its monthly portfolio updates to the market, many investors sit up and listen (this writer included). For a company that runs six successful listed investment companies (LICs), including one that has deli...

As anyone who keeps their eye on ASX shares would know, last week the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates to a new record low of 0.75%. I’ve already checked my savings account and my new rate is about 1.75% per annum – prett...

Is the WAM Capital Limited (ASX: WAM) share price a buy for the grossed-up dividend yield of almost 10%? It’s hard to find shares on the ASX with such high dividend yields these days. People are searching for yield because of the RBA’s int...

Last week, Independent Investment Research released the most recent edition of its listed managed investments (LMI) market review, which provided detailed coverage of 59 listed investment companies (LICs) on the ASX. Here are 4 ASX LICs th...

In this era of low interest rates it can be hard to find ASX shares with dividend yields above 7.5%. Dividend yields that are exceptionally high can be risky. It may just be a look back at old dividends and a dividend cut may be coming. Th...

No, we aren’t talking about ASX banks like Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) here. Although many ASX shares get lumped into the ‘growth’ or ‘income’ pigeon holes, often the best returning ASX shares give a healthy mixture of both –...

The WAM Research Limited (ASX: WAX) has been on a tear over the past month, rising from $1.29 in mid-August to today’s price (at the time of writing) of $1.44 – a jump of nearly 12%. Despite this run, WAX shares are still offering a starti...

A Listed Investment Company (LIC) is a listed investment vehicle that offers investors access to a diversified portfolio of shares in other companies also listed on the stock market. (Also known as listed investment trust.) Note: For compre...

Generating income is getting tougher these days, so reaching $1,000 a month of passive income could be a difficult task. Wage growth is occurring at a very slow pace, so the best thing to do might be to try to boost your income with altern...

Why Dividends Matter to Investors? In equity investment, dividends are the primary source of income for the shareholders. It could also  said to be as a return on investment excluding the capital gain. Besides dividends, companies could als...

WAM Research Limited (ASX: WAX) has reported its FY19 result, is the share price a buy for the 10% grossed-up dividend yield? WAM Research is the listed investment company (LIC) in the Wilson Asset Management stable that purely focuses on...

If you live in the colder parts of the country, you may be wishing winter to be over soon, perhaps you’re already planning a holiday. Why not use dividend income to pay for that trip? People who are really on top of their finances may some...

Wilson Asset Management (WAM) is famous amongst the listed investment company (LIC) circle for being one of the largest and most loved listed asset managers on the ASX. Started by Geoff Wilson in 1997, WAM now boasts six LICs in its stable...

The Listed Investment Companies (LICs) are a type of managed funds, which could be actively traded on stock exchanges. Investment objectives of such companies are pre-defined by the manager of the investment company. Besides, these funds pr...

The great thing about owning businesses is that they can give you a payrise year after year like clockwork. There’s no question that share prices can be volatile each week or even each day. Indeed, earnings can also jump around year to yea...

Retirees are faced with a difficult decision of what to do with their money after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided to cut interest rates again to 1%. The Reserve Bank of Australia is Australia’s central bank. One of its biggest r...

With record low-interest rates and signs that the Reserve Bank of Australia intends to cut rates further in 2019, it is a bleak time for fixed-interest investors and anyone holding a significant quantity of their wealth in cash (a dry July...

Wilson Asset Management is the group behind the successful series of listed investment companies (LICs) that now dominate the LIC space on the ASX. Founded by the titular Geoff Wilson in 1997, Wilson Asset Management now manages more than $...

Generating income is getting more difficult these days, so getting to $1,000 a month in passive income could be difficult. Wage growth is happening at a slow pace, so the best thing to do might be to try to boost your income with alternativ...

Finding a good source of income is getting more difficult these days with the RBA cutting its interest rate to 1.25%. ASX dividend shares could be the answer. Not only does the interest rate reduction make earning a decent income from bank...