When markets fell because of Covid the price low for AEW was

55p the dividend was 8p a yield of 14.5%

You would receive this dividend, as long as it wasn’t cut for as long as you owned the share. You would have also achieved the holy grail of investing

in that you could have taken out your stake and re-invested in another high yielder whilst receiving income at a zero, zilch cost.

Also you would be receiving income on the dividends re-invested.

The dividend has been paid at a rate of 8p per year since then.

The current yield: share price 103p dividend 8p a yield 7.7%

As nearly all shares fell at the same time, unless you decided to sell, which in hindsight is easy but in real time much more difficult, you wouldn’t have the funds to bag a ‘bargain’ Trust.

You need a rainy day fund, pair traded with a higher yielder to maintain a yield of 7%. So the Snowball will start a rainy day fund by investing 2k into a UK Government gilt, hoping that the market doesn’t crash until the amount squirreled away is a lot higher.