I just added up my dividends last night and found that I'm only getting around 1% of my total invested. What's up with that? People say on average the stock market has been providing a 7% return over the years, and it's supposedly doing really well now. I started investing 2 years ago on a high, then it dropped and it's come back, so my return on price is another 1%, so that's a 2% total. Is this what I should be expecting? Is it a bad time for dividends?
I'm holding 1550, 1348 and 1343.
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Re: Dividends
Hi Akatani
The return on stocks is made up of dividends plus capital gains. When stocks do well, the price goes up, and dividends tend to fall as a %.
You can find the yield on ETFs and stocks through your provider or Yahoo Finance etc.
The yield on 1550 right now is supposed to be 1.51%, for example. However, single stocks can have higher yields, like HSBC is currently yielding 4.18%, for example.
The return on stocks is made up of dividends plus capital gains. When stocks do well, the price goes up, and dividends tend to fall as a %.
You can find the yield on ETFs and stocks through your provider or Yahoo Finance etc.
The yield on 1550 right now is supposed to be 1.51%, for example. However, single stocks can have higher yields, like HSBC is currently yielding 4.18%, for example.
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