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| Subject: Re: A learning curve | Date: 9/14/2012 9:01 PM | |
| Author: RHinCT | Number: 40715 of 41128 | |
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If you start with a stock with a 5% dividend, and the stock price rises 25%, and you sell the stock and use all the proceeds to buy a different stock with a 5% dividend, that new 5% dividend is based on a 25% larger base number. You need to look at it both ways. |
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