For some sharemarket investors, dividends - regular payments from companies in which you are a part owner - are the main game. Owning shares that pay dividends can be especially important for people, such as retirees, who don’t receive a regular income from work.
Dividends are investors’ shares of a company’s profits and are usually cash payments distributed at regular intervals, normally every six months in Australia. They can also be paid monthly, quarterly or yearly or even on a one-off basis in the form of a “special dividend”.
Dividends can help boost portfolio returns in good times and bad, says the investing advice company
