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When ignorance is bliss for income investors

Many investors don’t care about the share price. Let me say that again. In Australia, there is a very large chunk of retiree investors who simply don’t care about the capital value of their shares because they are entirely focused on living off the income and the franking. “The kids will get the shares,” they will tell you, “and I don’t care what the share price is when I’m dead.”

Is that you? Cue the seven traits of an income investor. See if you qualify.

Income investors are generally not interested in the stockmarket

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