Everyone is hung up on the dividend they are receiving from their shares, but forget they are not even half the story! Profit from a dividend and profit from selling a slice of your capital gains is the same thing. So why are we always hunting for yield? Stop the search and look at your total return for perspective.

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Daniella D'Ambrosio
17 February 2015