income stocks

Income investors should invest in growth stocks, not income stocks

At Fairmont Equities, we conduct dozens of free portfolio reviews every year for investors looking to improve their returns. There are a range of reasons as to why a portfolio does not live up to an investor’s expectations. One of the common problems we see over again is an over reliance on shares with a high yield. Often an investor chooses high yielding stocks because they are investing via an SMSF, even though they are still in accumulation phase. They …

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Investing for income? You are doing it all wrong

Many share investors are looking for yield. They need dividends to live off. However, many income investors are left frustrated by their share portfolios. Why? Because most investors looking for dividends go straight to the same sorts of stocks, Banks, Telstra, Wesfarmers, etc. Whilst they pay a great yield today, nothing much changes over time. However if you are in it for the long term, there are other ways to generate dividends in the future. Growth shares have typically been …

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