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Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin
All the dividends were reinvested back into the stock to help it grow over time
Her initial purchase was 100 shares at 31.962 on 1/6/2021
So why don't they calculate the dividend reinvestment into the end result ??
STUPED computers!
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Yeah, that's a pet peeve of mine. If you buy $1,000 of stock and it pays at 10% dividend and doesn't change in price, then reinvesting dividends will report that you have a return of 0% when it's really 10%.