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2012 S&P Return

Posted By PK    Last updated January 15th, 2013 2 Comments
Chart from Marketwatch

You know that stupid phrase, “you’re not comparing apples with apples”?  Yeah, it’s still a dumb phrase.  Yes, I’m bringing it up because it applies here. You see, for whatever reason, when people quote the returns of the S&P 500, they like to use the ‘price return’, as if price returns are the only way [...]

Filed Under: Investing Tagged With: 2012 stock return, dividend reinvested, s&p 500 return, s&p total return
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