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The Search for Income

An investor's guide to income-paying investments

By Maike Currie
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About the Author

Maike Currie

Maike Currie writes about income on a weekly basis. She has worked across the Financial Times Group - notably for Investors Chronicle magazine - as a reporter and editor covering the fundamentals of income investing in its various forms.

Maike started her journalism career in South Africa, moving to the UK just in time to witness the excesses of the boom years descend into an environment of ... Read more on Maike Currie

Contents Listing

About the Author
Acknowledgements
Risk warning
Preface
Introduction

Part A: What is Income
1. Income Matters
2. Interest Rates
3. Inflation

Part B: Income Generators
Low-risk income investments
4. Cash
5. Gilts and Corporate Bonds
Higher-risk income investments
6. Equities
7. Funds
8. Property
9. Alternative Income Investments

Part C: Building and Managing An Income Portfolio
10. Building an Income Portfolio
11. Model Income Portfolios
12. Pensions
13. Tax

Index
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Risk warning
Preface
Introduction

Part A: What is Income
1. Income Matters
2. Interest Rates
3. Inflation

Part B: Income Generators
Low-risk income investments
4. Cash
5. Gilts and Corporate Bonds
Higher-risk income investments
6. Equities
7. Funds
8. Property
9. Alternative Income Investments

Part C: Building and Managing An Income Portfol ...

Jacket Text

One of the major pursuits for investors is the search for income. This ongoing search can be more difficult at some times than at others. For example, when interest rates are low and when companies cut dividends, traditional income sources come under pressure. However, the fundamentals of income investing remain in all economic conditions. These fundamentals can be learned and applied by investors, thus improving their chances of finding and securing income.

This guide begins by covering the basics, providing you with an essential platform for effective income investing by giving detailed explanations of the concepts of interest rates, inflation and yield. The focus then moves on to the investment assets themselves: cash, fixed interest, equities, funds including ETFs, property, infrastructure and timber. For each there is a careful explanation of its traditional income performance, how income is paid and how investors can use the asset in question as part of a broader income-generating portfolio. Attention is also given to the risks involved when investing in each type of asset.

In the final part of the book, the focus falls on asset allocation and portfolio construction; how investments from various asset classes can be bought and held together to create a successful and balanced income portfolio. This includes ideas on how to set up and manage a portfolio along with example model portfolios for different risk appetites and age groups. The issues of securing an income from your pension in retirement and shielding your investment income from falling prey to more tax than is necessary are also covered.

If you are in search of income this thorough and accessible book, written by experienced personal finance journalist Maike Currie, will prove to be an indispensable guide.

Media Coverage

Media Review

Maximise income with investments
? South African Weekend Post
January 2012

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Investors Chronicle

The Search for Income by Maike Currie is a comprehensive guide to investing for income. The book also covers how to secure an income in retirement, discussing the different options that investors can ...

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Money Observer

Income is a popular subject at the moment, which is why you'll find a special income supplement in the May edition of Money Observer, on sale next Thursday in WHSmith.

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Your Trading Edge

The Search for Income

'The Search for Income' is a step-by-step guide to income-paying investments and to the construction of an income-generating portfolio. It is aimed at longer-term investors. ...

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FT Adviser

Maike Currie?s book, The Search for Income is written in a very clear and accessible way making it appropriate for the average retail investor but it will also be useful for the experienced ...

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Investors Chronicle

If you're looking to set up an income-generating individual savings account (Isa) with this year's annual allowance, you could be forgiven for feeling bereft of investment opportunities. Interest ...

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This is Money

Generating half-decent income from savings is proving an impossibility as interest rates remain stubbornly low and banks and building societies squeeze returns. Even National Savings & Investments, ...

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UK Analyst

In my experience I have found that many private investors spend an extraordinary amount of time searching for shares which have the potential not to just deliver modest year-on-year gains but those ...

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Trading Diary

Maike Currie ?The Search for Income? Interview

Maike Currie author of The Search for Income talks to www.tradingdiary.co.uk about investing and how to generate more income from your money.

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Tradingdiary.co.uk

Maike Currie ?The Search for Income? Interview
Trading Diary
13th December 2011

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Share Soc

Maike Currie, an editor on personal finance for the Investors Chronicle, has produced a clearly written and comprehensive guide to the main sources of income open to UK private investors.

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Investors Chronicle

The Big Theme

In a low growth, low interest rate environment it makes increasing sense to look at equities for income. But lower growth also implies significant earnings risk for the asset class. ...

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Icl-ifa.co.uk

"An invaluable resource for income investors...a very practical read...The Search for Income is one of the best investment books I have read to date and I can recommend it to anyone with an ...

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Media Review

Buy The Book - The Search for Income- Pensions WorldJanuary 2012

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Sharesoc.org

"A clearly written and comprehensive guide to the main sources of income open to UK private investors...overall the book is a comprehensive and topical guide to a concern of many investors, covering ...

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Investorschronicle.co.uk

Searching for Income- Investors Chronicle14th November 2011

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