RE:RE:KHERSON,,,,,,,Dividends VS Capital Gains..........bttmfischer wrote: 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.
BttmFischer__The SOURCE of Those Numbers WAS in the LINK I Posted in my Post.
Here it is AGAIN__And there ARE Many Others LINKS with SIMILAR Numbers if You
do a Google Search.
https://www.rbcgam.com/en/ca/article/a-case-for-dividend-investing/detail MidWay in This LINK they State the Following__And Pretty SURE that the Dividends Were ALL
ReInvested__Thus the POWER of COMPOUNDING Over Many DECADES Would BE a BIG
FACTOR with The 45 and 53 Percent TOTAL RETURNS.
Income as a driver of returns
Equity investments offer two sources of potential return: dividend income and price appreciation. Over the past 30 years, dividends have accounted for 45% of the total return from the Canadian equity market2 and 53% of the total return from the U.S. equity market3. This shows how dividend income can be a powerful driver of portfolio returns, which has been particularly true this year as equities in many regions are experiencing price declines.