| Preface | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. xvii |
| Dividend Basics | p. 1 |
| Companies and Dividends | p. 3 |
| The purpose of companies - to pay dividend | p. 3 |
| Cash is king | p. 4 |
| Dividends can grow even in hard times | p. 5 |
| Spreading investments without increasing risk | p. 5 |
| How is the size of dividend decided? | p. 7 |
| Different types of dividends | p. 11 |
| Key points | p. 15 |
| The Dividend Timetable | p. 17 |
| Payment frequency | p. 17 |
| When you get paid | p. 20 |
| Timing your income | p. 25 |
| Key points | p. 27 |
| Where to Find Information | p. 29 |
| Company news | p. 29 |
| Company websites | p. 30 |
| Full, fast and long-lasting information | p. 30 |
| London Stock Exchange | p. 31 |
| Financial websites | p. 31 |
| Stockbrokers | p. 32 |
| Newspapers | p. 33 |
| Magazines | p. 33 |
| Summary | p. 34 |
| Key points | p. 34 |
| Results Announcements and Annual Reports | p. 35 |
| Key points | p. 42 |
| Tax | p. 43 |
| Stamp duty | p. 43 |
| Income tax | p. 44 |
| Capital gains tax | p. 46 |
| ISAs | p. 47 |
| Key points | p. 48 |
| A Year in the Life of a Dividend Paying Company | p. 49 |
| p. 49 |
| p. 57 |
| Key points | p. 60 |
| Dividend Analysis | p. 61 |
| Profits, Dividends and Cash Flow | p. 63 |
| Profits | p. 63 |
| Dividends | p. 66 |
| Cash flow | p. 67 |
| Key points | p. 69 |
| Progressive Dividends | p. 71 |
| Cheeking the history of dividends | p. 72 |
| Key points | p. 78 |
| Dividend Yield | p. 79 |
| A problem of comparing dividends | p. 79 |
| Calculating the dividend yield | p. 79 |
| Two types of dividend yield | p. 84 |
| Key points | p. 89 |
| Other Key Ratios | p. 91 |
| Earnings per share | p. 92 |
| Price/earnings ratio | p. 96 |
| Dividend cover | p. 99 |
| Gearing (also referred to as leverage) | p. 103 |
| Interest cover | p. 105 |
| Cash flow | p. 107 |
| Total return | p. 111 |
| Key points | p. 112 |
| Investing Tactics | p. 113 |
| Picking Sectors | p. 115 |
| Cyclicals v Defensives | p. 116 |
| Dividend data by sector | p. 117 |
| Visibility of earnings | p. 118 |
| Lumpy earnings | p. 119 |
| nsurance | p. 119 |
| Key points | p. 125 |
| Dividends by Index | p. 127 |
| Indices | p. 128 |
| Observations | p. 128 |
| Key points | p. 130 |
| Share Buybacks | p. 131 |
| Fashions change | p. 134 |
| Cash is better than debt | p. 135 |
| Ones to avoid | p. 137 |
| Key points | p. 138 |
| Flotations | p. 139 |
| Where the cash goes to the company | p. 140 |
| Key points | p. 142 |
| Turning Companies Round | p. 145 |
| Restoring dividends | p. 150 |
| Key points | p. 160 |
| Rights Issues and Placings | p. 161 |
| Placings | p. 163 |
| Claw backs | p. 163 |
| Key points | p. 166 |
| Takeovers | p. 167 |
| You must face reality | p. 168 |
| When the bid goes unconditional | p. 171 |
| Key points | p. 175 |
| Ethical Investing | p. 177 |
| Why 'unethical' shares may be cheap | p. 178 |
| Green companies | p. 178 |
| Key points | p. 179 |
| Company Perks | p. 181 |
| Wide range of goodies | p. 181 |
| Perks overview | p. 185 |
| Key points | p. 190 |
| International Investing | p. 191 |
| UK companies | p. 191 |
| Foreign companies listed here | p. 192 |
| Overseas exchanges | p. 193 |
| Key points | p. 195 |
| Building a Dividend Portfolio | p. 197 |
| Spotting Buying Opportunities | p. 199 |
| Buying rumours | p. 199 |
| Buying on dips | p. 200 |
| Key points | p. 203 |
| Building a Portfolio Using Stock Filters | p. 205 |
| Online stock screens | p. 206 |
| Key points | p. 214 |
| Dogs Might Fly | p. 215 |
| Key points | p. 218 |
| Income Funds | p. 219 |
| Two types of fund | p. 219 |
| Advantages and disadvantages of funds | p. 220 |
| Where to get information | p. 222 |
| Income or growth? | p. 223 |
| Funds offer variety | p. 224 |
| Key points | p. 224 |
| When to Sell | p. 225 |
| Gloomy trading statements | p. 227 |
| Profit warnings | p. 228 |
| Stop losses | p. 234 |
| Key points | p. 235 |
| A Dividend Nightmare - BP | p. 237 |
| Why private investors were at an advantage | p. 237 |
| The explosion | p. 238 |
| Why the dividend had to go | p. 238 |
| The dangers of buying back in | p. 239 |
| Why you should fear the worst | p. 241 |
| How one piece of bad news leads to another | p. 242 |
| Key points | p. 244 |
| Ten Dividend Rules | p. 245 |
| Appendix - Dividend Data for FTSE 350 Companies | p. 249 |
| Index | p. 267 |
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