Income investing has plenty of critics and plenty of investors who swear by it.

So why choose an income strategy when it comes with some very real shortcomings? In this episode of Investing Compass, Mark LaMonica and Shani Jayamanne unpack the trade-offs that come with income investing and why Mark has chosen to use the strategy in his own portfolio.

They discuss why income strategies can lag during momentum driven markets, what dividend growth can tell us about the underlying quality of a company, and why a high dividend yield isn’t always a good thing.

They also get into the practical side of picking income shares, including competitive advantages, valuation, dividend sustainability, debt and earnings growth.

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