I'm reading the FT and WSJ from 100 years ago each week leading to 1929

Re:I'm reading the FT and WSJ from 100 years ago each week l... by cperciva on Sunday August 08, 2021 @03:13PM (#28109284)

The article says "total return", and the price index only increased by 513x (from 68.63 to 35,208). so I'm pretty sure they're including dividends.

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Re:I'm reading the FT and WSJ from 100 years ago each week l... by pg314 on Sunday August 08, 2021 @03:30PM (#28109396)

True. I missed that. The calculator at [1] gives totally different returns with dividends reinvested, though: 7.6%.

[1] https://dqydj.com/dow-jones-return-calculator/

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Re:I'm reading the FT and WSJ from 100 years ago each week l... by roaring20s on Sunday August 08, 2021 @04:00PM (#28109613)

I am including dividends.

I sometimes wonder if there are some long forgotten brokerage accounts just idly compounding.

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Re:I'm reading the FT and WSJ from 100 years ago each week l... by actually_a_dog on Sunday August 08, 2021 @08:05PM (#28111388)

There aren’t, actually, at least not in the US. When an account has no activity on it for long enough, it gets liquidated and transferred to the state until someone with a rightful ownership claim comes forward to claim it. This is called “escheatment.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escheat

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Re:I'm reading the FT and WSJ from 100 years ago each week l... by delaaxe on Sunday August 08, 2021 @04:32PM (#28109836)

Though dividends paid in cash don't really count as compounding no?

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Re:I'm reading the FT and WSJ from 100 years ago each week l... by seanmcdirmid on Sunday August 08, 2021 @04:52PM (#28109989)

You can reinvest them it or he stock after you’ve paid income taxes on them.

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