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I bet you're not adjusting for dividends though-

I remember vaguely a chart of total inflation-adjusted return, including dividends. Forgetting dividends leads some people to be much more pessimistic than they should.

If I can find the dang chart I'll post it.



Here's one: https://static.seekingalpha.com/uploads/2010/7/13/saupload_r...


Is total return here increase in price + dividends or are the dividends also being reinvested?


Total return reinvests, yes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_return


Try: https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/backtest-portfolio?s=y&t...

and turn on or off "Reinvest Dividends" to compare


They're using an absurdly wrong inflation metric ("shadow stats"), so all bets are off. Adjusting for dividends is polishing a turd.




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