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Evaluating Total Return of Dividend Stocks
SleepyKat
06-26-2008, 2:00 PM | Post #2532858
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I am having some trouble finding the silver lining on many dividend
paying stocks. I am a relatively new investor. I have
recently been watching stocks such as KFT, PFE, KO, etc which have been
paying dividends over a long period. All of these stocks are
highly rated. However, I find that these dividend payers seem to
be losing market value over time so that their 5 & 10 year trailing
total returns are flat or declining. My understanding is that the
trailing total return is computed based upon dividend
reinvestment. Am I missing something here? What is the
motivation to buy these stocks?
Topics
dividend
Dividend Growth
dividends
Investment
PFE
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