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Looking for stocks and funds yielding more than 5% so you can sit back and let the cash roll in? If so, then don't miss the latest issue of Shares magazine which celebrates all things related to income.

Discover the highest yielding FTSE 350 stocks, learn about the pros and cons of special dividends and find out which small caps are rewarding their shareholders with regular cash payments.

Elsewhere, Shares examines the options for Worldpay investors who are about to receive a slug of cash and shares in a bigger company as part of a takeover. Shares also reveals the UK-quoted companies set to benefit from major US tax reforms.

Great Ideas

Sopheon has smashed earnings forecasts

Shares carried by increasingly upbeat momentum tide

News

Is Mothercare a takeover target after share price slump?

The stock is down by 64% since June 2017

News

Dialight banking on new leadership

Execution is key to operational and share price recovery

Great Ideas

G4S continues on the road to recovery

UBS outlines potential scenarios to unlock hidden value in the business

News

Coal hits one-year high

Thermal coal price back above $100 but the long-term outlook is less positive

News

Eco Atlantic gets Exxon discovery boost

Big discovery highlights oil potential for Eco offshore Guyana

News

The week in a minute

A snapshot of good and bad corporate news

News

Christmas boost for grocers

Shoppers spend £1bn more than last year in festive splurge

News

Which UK-listed stocks are affected by US tax reform?

We look at some of the firms affected by changes on the other side of the Atlantic

News

Where to invest your Worldpay takeover proceeds

Shareholders are about to get a mixture of cash and shares as acquisition by Vantiv is approved

Great Ideas

Grab a 9% dividend yield from property expert

Regeneration specialist U and I looks an absolute bargain at current levels

Great Ideas

Dechra sales receive North American boost

The veterinary pharma specialist reports strong trading and a potential US tax benefit

Great Ideas

Wey Education is primed for rapid profit growth

Online education provider has the cash to help build scale

Personal Finance

Making changes to auto-enrolment

We outline the Government’s plans to improve part of the pensions system

Editor's View

Plenty of opportunities despite markets rallying

We talk to a smaller company fund manager about spotting investment ideas in the current environment

Feature

Debenhams’ alarming rent bill

Long-term leases to hinder uncertain turnaround of struggling department store

Week Ahead

Rio Tinto in the spotlight amid iron ore rally

Diversified miner set to update on fourth quarter trading on 15 January

Week Ahead

Get set for Watkin Jones’ full year results

All eyes on student housing specialist ahead of full year results on 15 January

Week Ahead

Business is booming at B&M

Multi-price discounter has sales momentum at its heels

Feature

Small caps with more than 5% dividend yields

Income investors often focus on large established companies but some smaller names also offer generous yields

Feature

Give yourself an income boost with stocks and funds yielding more than 5%

The investments where you can sit back and let the cash roll in

Feature

How serious is Wressle setback for Edgon Resources?

Company’s appeal over key project is rejected by planning authority

Feature

Opportunity for property fund on Macau growth surge

Gambling resort’s fortunes continue to recover from China’s anti-corruption clampdown three years ago

Week Ahead

Will Ashmore’s results reflect emerging market renaissance?

Equity markets are buoyant but Ashmore is more exposed to bonds

Funds

Free Spirit toasts fantastic first year as a fund

Experienced investor Rosemary Banyard on the hunt for quality stocks

Investment Trusts

New investment trust factsheets could be ‘misleading’

Industry experts worry that scenarios for potential returns in the future are too optimistic

Feature

The dangers associated with special dividends

We look at the stocks handing out the cash and the key points to consider when looking at attractive headline yields

Personal Finance

How to invest ethically

We analyse the investment case for ESG and reveal the experts’ top fund picks

Investment Trusts

Why Asia Pacific may appeal to income investors

Henderson Far East Income fund manager explains how he is able to find investment opportunities