Why there's a downside to dividends

By Clancy Yeates
Updated June 14 2015 - 10:23am, first published May 26 2015 - 2:00pm
Some of the country's smartest economists have recently been pointing out there is a significant downside to the dividend boom. Photo: AFR
Some of the country's smartest economists have recently been pointing out there is a significant downside to the dividend boom. Photo: AFR

The great dividend bonanza may not end up being all it is cracked up to be for investors.