Dividend Franking And Investment Choices

Do-It-Yourself investors skew their portfolios towards shares that pay franked dividends. This is especially prevalent amongst trustees of SMSF’s who appear to over estimate the benefit of dividend franking credits. Franked dividends are considered by many to provide a “free lunch”. Consequently, fully franked shares are overweight in the investment decision process.
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BEAT THE BANK WITH BANK STOCKS

When Aussie stockmarket performance wain it is easy to get seduced by safe haven savings accounts and term deposits – however pulling your investments out of the stockmarket is not always the most prudent decision when better yields can be made on fully franked, high dividend shares. The trick is tracking down the [...]