OldShooter
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@rayvt is basically explaining that the goal is total return and the dividends and capital gains are just money, as is the money you could get by selling an equivalent amount of a non-dividend-paying stock.Is that really true? ...
Kenneth French is Nobel-winner Eugene Fama's long time research partner and general purpose investment guru. Here he explains: https://famafrench.dimensional.com/videos/homemade-dividends.aspx It's well worth spending the 6 minutes.