The modern retiree’s guide to income investing – Sara Allen

You’re retired, or perhaps you’re hoping to be soon. You live on a fixed income from your investments. Cost of living has been biting. You’d still like to have a life, but you want to ensure your investments are performing as they should. If this all sounds very familiar, you are in the same situation as millions of Australians – and if it doesn’t, don’t worry, your time will (hopefully) come.

Investing in retirement has its quirks, and the truth is, for many years, it was as simple as bunging it all in some term deposits, perhaps a bond fund or two and, for the more adventurous, a few nice dividend stocks (obviously Commonwealth Bank and maybe Telstra and BHP).

It’s not enough today, but the good news is that…

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