Day 1: The Dividend Key – Reinvested Dividends
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I thought I would kick the new year off with series of posts on why I have focused on investing in dividend paying stocks. There is scads of research out there that speaks to the benefits of a dividend based approach, and Tweedy, Browne Fund Inc. has put together a summary of these benefits and posted a pdf document which every investor should read. I think it is so important that I am doing a series of 6 posts that will present what I think are the most interesting findings from this summary. The findings I will present cover the root of my investing approach and why I am so passionate about this blog. Day 1 is going to look at the power of reinvested dividends.
Investment returns can come from a couple of different components, namely share price appreciation and dividends. Research that was conducted by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton discovered that on a short-term basis (i.e. year to year), investment returns have come primarily from share price appreciation. However, when they looked more long-term, it was clear that investment returns were driven by the reinvestment of dividends. The chart below highlights their research:
Click to EnlargeThe interesting thing about this chart is it went broader than the US market and looked at the UK market as well. In both cases the benefits of dividend reinvestment is very clear.
Source: Tweedy Browne Company LLC (link opens a .pdf document)
(Photo Credit: daniel wildman)
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moneygardener said:
Could you please link the Tweedy pdf that you mentioned, or email it to me.
Thanks.
..MG
December 31st, 2007 at 10:51 am -
Jake said:
Great article. The power of compounding that it is like a silent engine that just keep working.
December 31st, 2007 at 11:28 am -
Dividends4Life said:
That’s a good site. In addition to the .PDF you mentioned, I found “What Has Worked In Investing” at http://www.tweedy.com/library_docs/papers/what_has_worked_all.pdf interesting also.
Best Wishes,
D4LDecember 31st, 2007 at 1:10 pm -
The Dividend Guy said:
Hey MG – the link is here:
http://www.tweedy.com/library_docs/papers/highdivresearch.pdf
Thanks D4Life -that is a great article as well.
The Dividend Guy
December 31st, 2007 at 1:15 pm -
moneygardener said:
Thanks for that…and Happy New Year!
December 31st, 2007 at 2:56 pm -
Tyler said:
Not to sound cynical but you FORGOT to mention that dividend investing is a double-edged sword.
One seeking to attain the highest return on his capital will surely buy a stock below its intrinsic value. However, re-investing the dividends to buy more shares at a more expensive price will effectively LOWER your cash return on invested capital for every dollar invested.
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