380. Can income investing still beat inflation?

Discover how global dividend investing has evolved in a world of shifting inflation, volatile markets and concentrated index leadership. Stuart Rhodes, manager of the M&G Global Dividend fund, focuses on identifying companies capable of delivering sustainable dividend growth through strong cash generation, disciplined reinvestment and sensible valuations. We discuss a wide variety of topics this week, including the balance between yield and growth, geographic opportunities across global markets, the role of technology in an income portfolio and how currency movements affect returns. We also explore risks to income, the recent underperformance of quality investing and why valuation discipline may become increasingly important as market leadership begins to broaden.What’s covered in this episode: Dividend growth vs headline yieldCash flow and reinvestment disciplineInflation and real income protectionGlobal opportunity setUS valuations: myth vs realityMid-cap vs mega-cap exposureTechnology’s role in income portfoliosCurrency impact on dividendsQuality investing under pressureWhy valuation discipline mattersLearn more on fundcalibre.comPlease remember, we’ve been discussing individual companies to bring investing to life for you. It’s not a recommendation to buy or sell. The fund may or may not still hold these companies at the time of listening. Elite Ratings are based on FundCalibre’s research methodology and are the opinion of FundCalibre’s research team only.