Shares can be an unbeatable way of securing regular income. High quality shares with established track record of paying regular and growing dividends assure you regular income at relatively low risk. Not just that. Over time, the prices of such shares also appreciate, thus giving you both regular income plus some capital appreciation.

Dividend investing is a safer method of profiting from the stock market. Typically, consistent dividend-paying shares also have lower price volatility than the stock market as a whole. While such shares are generally not the glamorous high-flyers which feature in the headlines but away from the spotlight, they work to provide you a steadier return from the markets.

1. How to select dividend shares

2. How dividend shares spread your investment without high risk

3. Tactics for successful dividend share investing

4. How to build a solid portfolio of dividend shares

5. How to spot buying opportunities

6. When to sell dividend shares

7. Using income mutual funds for dividend investing

8. Why dividend investing works best over the long term

9. Why investing in dividend shares is particularly beneficial in times of low interest and high market volatility

10. 10 rules for the dividend investor.

Rodney Hobson is an experienced financial journalist who has held senior editorial positions with publications in the UK and Asia. Among posts he has held are news editor for the business section of The Times, editor of Shares magazine, business editor of the Singapore Monitor and deputy business editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review.

Rodney was at the forefront in the setting up of financial websites in the U.K., first as head of news for the launch of Citywire and more recently as Editor of Hemscott, now part of Morningstar for whom he continues to write a weekly investment email. He has featured on BBC TV and radio and on CNBC, as well as having appeared as a guest speaker at conferences such as the World Money Show and the London Investor Show.

He is the author of Shares Made Simple the authoritative beginner's guide to the stock market; and How to Build a Share Portfolio (both available in Vision Books), a practical guide to selecting and monitoring a portfolio of shares.

Rodney is registered as a Representative with U.K's Financial Services Authority (FSA).