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losemind

Registered: Dec 2010
Posts: 75

08-23-12 11:07 PM

Ranked top 1:

http://www.dividenddetective.com/dividend_etfs.htm

I am thinking of verifying the YTD returns using Yahoo Finance data:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=SDI...e=23&f=2012&g=d

I take 8/22/2012 price (A) and 12/30/2011 price (B), and calculate

A/B - 1

The problem is: which price shall I use? "Close" Price or "Adjusted Close" Price?

If I use the "Adjusted Close" Price, the YTD return is a whopping 12%!

Am I missing something here?

Thanks!

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007Arb

Registered: Feb 2004
Posts: 140

08-24-12 05:39 AM

Quote from losemind:

Ranked top 1:

http://www.dividenddetective.com/dividend_etfs.htm

I am thinking of verifying the YTD returns using Yahoo Finance data:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=SDI...e=23&f=2012&g=d

I take 8/22/2012 price (A) and 12/30/2011 price (B), and calculate

A/B - 1

The problem is: which price shall I use? "Close" Price or "Adjusted Close" Price?

If I use the "Adjusted Close" Price, the YTD return is a whopping 12%!

Am I missing something here?

Thanks!

What you are missing is Morningstar.com That is the best source for performance for mutual funds and ETFs. Checking SDIV through 8/23 shows a YTD total return of 11.11%

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SUPERIOR1

Registered: Aug 2012
Posts: 41

08-24-12 06:24 AM

About 12% is correct.

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losemind

Registered: Dec 2010
Posts: 75

08-24-12 03:22 PM

Any number-crunching guys here?

Please don't trust those sources and can anybody show me the numbers?

Where did 12% came from?

Thanks!

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Nym

Registered: May 2012
Posts: 117

08-24-12 04:35 PM

Not as simple as it looks like.

To understand the value you must consider the underlining... in other words if you have an asset that just give you a dividend it depreciate its value in capital.

your approach look a bit approximate to me

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