Dividend income typically comprises a substantial proportion of the total long-term return from equities. This will especially be the case at a time of low interest rates and low inflation/growth. A segmental analysis for 2013- 2016 shows that the further you go down the market-cap scale the more robust dividend growth, especially in the coming year. While there is the potential for short-term performance from “renting” some of the high yielders in the FTSE 100, overall there is b
