I know that the TSX does not include dividends and a large part of my portfolio is dividends. However, the thing is that I am living off my dividends, so I am basically taken out all my dividend income to live on. When I first stopped working in 1999, I was taking out more than my dividends and now I am taking out a bit less. Overall, I have taken out just slightly more than I have earned in dividends.
What my calculations show is that I did not crash as much as the TSX in either bear market. For the 2000 bear I was down 30.92% and the TSX was down $45.06%. For the 2008 bear I was down 30.81% and the TSX was down 39.89%.
I recovered better out of the 2008 bear than the 2000 bear. At the top in 2008 the TSX was up from the 2002 low by 30.82% and I was only up by 17.90%. If you look at the TSX high in 2008 compared to today, the TSX is still down by 7.43% to the end of December 2013, while I am up 37.79%.
| Date | TSX | My Portfolio | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | YOY | Y to Beg. | YOY | Y to Beg. | |
| 31-Aug-00 | 11,248 | ||||
| 30-Sep-02 | 6,180 | -45.06% | -45.06% | -30.92% | -30.92% |
| 30-May-08 | 14,715 | 138.11% | 30.82% | 70.68% | 17.90% |
| 27-Feb-09 | 8,845 | -39.89% | -21.36% | -30.81% | -18.42% |
| 31-Dec-13 | 13,622 | 54.01% | 21.11% | 99.14% | 62.46% |
| 30-May-08 | 14,715 | ||||
| 27-Feb-09 | 8,845 | -39.89% | -39.89% | -30.81% | -30.81% |
| 31-Dec-13 | 13,622 | 54.01% | -7.43% | 99.14% | 37.79% |
On my other blog I am today writing about of Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX-BNS, NYSE-BNS)... continue...
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