Investors are advised to shop around

The UK equity income sector is no longer the homogeneous sector it once was. There appears to be a great divide between the aggressive growth funds that seek to add a little income here and there and the old economy high yield investors hoping for the resurgence of British manufacturing industry. From the growth investors point of view, the high yield investor is limited to an asset class in secular decline. Companies that are high yielding tend to be in industries that are low growth. Cash is better paid out to investors rather than reinvested in the low growth business. While yields m...