Am I crazy or just uneducated – but why in the world dont all stock charts (google finance, yahoo, bloomberg, TV, newspapers, etc) show TRUE returns on investments – including dividends?
Wouldnt charts that show growth with dividends be a lot more useful for the reader?
For example, if you look from 1/1/2010 to now..
SPY with dividends invested return: 13.66%
SPY without dividends invested return: 12.46%
CVX (Chevron) is 7.1% vs 8.6% (thats 21% different!!)
The whole point is to see how much your money would have grown if you had invested it – and not including dividends makes you miss out on quite a bit of the full story!
Not just that – it makes stocks that give dividends appear less attractive on the charts when you are comparing to other stocks.
Are there websites / resources that show stock returns with dividends reinvested? I feel like I would be picking a lot more stocks with dividends that could be hidden gems as their actual return is far higher than would appear at a glance on traditional charts!!!
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