RetireJapan

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.

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.