RE:KHERSON,,,,,,,Dividends VS Capital Gains..........Red Deer The numbers of 45 percent of total return in Canada and 53 percent in the US you said were from dividends. What is the source of these numbers? The 30 year span included the 2007 meltdown, therefore they seem to be doubtful to me. In a number of cases I did well over 120% due to M&A, and my 7 figure portfolio is struggling to yield more than 7(seven ) percent annual income from my portfolio containig over 52 different securities. So I am ready to look at the source of those percentages to learn how they were computed and verified. One is never too old to learn.
Take your time, a lot of things happened in 30 years, one has to consider.