About

Dear Fellow Investor,

My name is John Kingham, I'm the editor of the UK Dividend Stocks Newsletter and author of The Defensive Value Investor.

I have been investing for more than 30 years and I set up this website to help others who are also looking to invest in UK dividend stocks.

My goal is to build up your knowledge and confidence so you can make sensible investment decisions in pursuit of your long-term financial goals.

History

In 2011, I was working as an insurance software analyst while writing about investing in my spare time on the now-mothballed UK Value Investor website.

I enjoyed analysing stocks more than I enjoyed analysing software, so in 2011, I left my software career behind and launched the UK Dividend Stocks Newsletter.

Back then, I felt there was a lack of sensible publications covering UK dividend stocks. Most of what was out there was either fluff or hype, written to attract eyeballs for advertisers rather than help readers become better investors (sadly, this still appears to be the case).

Providing information and education for defensive dividend investors is still the cornerstone of this website, and I hope that comes through in every blog post and every issue of the monthly newsletter.

Experience

My professional background is in insurance software, not investing, but I have been managing my own investments and analysing stocks full-time for many years. Here's a brief timeline:

• 1995: Started investing in the stock market using passive index tracking funds
• 2007: Switched from passive to active investing and started picking value stocks
• 2008: Started writing about investing at UK Value Investor
• 2011: Launched the UK Dividend Stocks Newsletter and became a full-time investor and writer
• 2012: Gained the Investment Management Certificate from CFA UK
• 2016: Harriman House asked me to write a book (The Defensive Value Investor) which they published
• 2016 - 2020: Wrote the regular Dividend Hunter column for Master Investor magazine (see below)
• 2021: Started writing semi-regular articles for The Property Chronicle magazine (see below)
• 2021: Moved from UKValueInvestor.com  to UKDividendStocks.com to better reflect my evolving investment style

If you have any questions, please send them to me via the Contact Page.

Good luck with your investment journey,

John Kingham