Dividends, franking and the new normal - a 40% decline?

<p>With major Australian companies cutting and deferring dividends, investors relying on equities for income are facing a challenging year ahead. Martin Currie’s Australian equity team have crunched the numbers and estimate a cut of 40% in yield for the ASX200 in 2020.</p> <p>----more----</p> <p>So what are investors to do? In this timely conversation, investment specialist Eu-Jene Teng outlines:</p> <ul><li>The expected fall in earnings from Covid19, and how quickly investors can expect a bounce back</li> <li>How dividends are likely to fare</li> <li>Whether payout ratios are likely to be reduced permanently and what that means for equity investors</li> <li>Which sectors offer the most promising outlook for yield, and</li> <li>How to position your portfolio to minimise the damage of an economic downturn.</li> </ul> You can access this and previous episodes of the Your Wealth podcast now on <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/your-wealth/id1325928571?mt=2&i=1000408628427'>iTunes</a>, <a href='https://nabtrade.podbean.com'>Podbean</a>, <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/0AT15JJWlVfnX7JkeLndrb'>Spotify </a>or at <a href='https://www.nabtrade.com.au/yourwealth?ID=4826281763563771838'>nabtrade.com.au/yourwealth</a> <p>If you’re short on time, consider listening at 1.5-2x speed, which should be shown on the screen of your device as you listen. This won’t just reduce your listening time; it has also been shown to improve knowledge retention.</p>