RE:Are funds driven by share price growth or ...Dividends are nice if you want a steady reliable monthly income. Or even quarterly. A little growth in the divy is also nice. That's why investors buy banks and utilities. But not a small or mid cap oil producer. These stocks go up or down the entire annual dividend in a day. Very often. I've had days where bte goes up, or down, by more than I paid for the stock, in one day. That's what drives investor interest.Eric epitomized it Friday. He wants a potential double in the stock price. His insistence on returning free cash flow to shareholders is more about NOT repeating history and blowing shareholder capital on growth at any cost and piling up debt in the process. Sure, a 5% yield is nice but that can happen in minutes of trading.
FreddieSanford wrote: ... are they more driven by dividend distributions?
I ask this questions as retail is being replaced more and more with Baytex as price goes up.
It seems funds take out retail regardless of price if they see juicy dividend payouts currently or in the near future.
Maybe I'm presenting a simplistic view.
Does anyone have insight into how funds make investment decisions ... share price or payout potential over an extended period upcoming.