Forum Archive Index - July 2000

[Brian Gale <brigale@i4free.co.nz>]

I think your 1. is an important point Nick

Surely that is a prime reason why we invest.  If a Company does well it 
increases its dividends and as an added bonus the share price improves.

When one sums up the divs. at year end it can be something of a surprise to 
see the total and then there is the added bonus of imputation credits to be 
deducted from your tax bill, in many cases.

We tend to get carried away with capital gains.

BG

At 07:12 19-07-00 +1200, you wrote:
>          Sure 6% dosent sound too marvelous, when compared
>with some markets, there are several points you should consider.
>      1. Dividends here tend to be higher here than most markets and
>should be taken into account when working out your gains.
>      2.  Interest rates have been low so you have been outperforming
>           money kept in the bank
>


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