- Fair Shares Investment Club wants returns that beats inflation over the long term
- Its members also want to receive steady dividends
- They hold funds invested in overseas markets in case the UK market struggles
General investment account invested in shares and funds
Total return which beats inflation, develop a better understanding of investing, receive steady dividends, mitigate potential poor UK returns, find potential outperformance abroad
The Fair Shares Investment Club will celebrate its 25th anniversary later this year, but never has their aim – finding stable dividends and growing their savings in real terms – been so difficult. The 18 members have amassed a £150,000 portfolio and have a steady stream of new cash: some £4,000 in dividends and £16,000 in subscriptions every year. Now, as interest rates start to peak and inflation potentially goes into reverse, the club has returned to the Investors’ Chronicle Portfolio Clinic looking for some new ideas.