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Re:Stock Market Charts You Never Saw by NovemberWhiskey on Thursday January 19, 2023 @02:23PM (#34444420)
Why would you exclude part of the total return on an investment? It'd be like ignoring the principal value of a bond because you expect to live on the coupon. Cashflows are cashflows.
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Re:Stock Market Charts You Never Saw by dot1x on Thursday January 19, 2023 @02:47PM (#34444698)
Because you'd be selling it as you earn it to be able to live on on retirement. In fact, dividends wouldn't even be enough.
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Re:Stock Market Charts You Never Saw by ikiris on Thursday January 19, 2023 @02:55PM (#34444807)
but they still exist and can be a large fraction of the value...
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