I have talked about the percentage of a stock's cost being covered by dividends lately. Why this is important is that buying dividend paying stock can lower your loses. Say a stock you have in your portfolio is now in trouble and you want to sell it.
On long term buys I have found that the dividends received on a stock covers the capital loss or most of the capital loss in a stock price. That means I have not lost any capital or very little capital. I am not saying that this is a great situation. After all you are investing to make money. However, part of being a successful investor is limiting your losses.
On my other blog I am today writing about Parkland Fuel Corp. (TSX-PKI, OTC- PKIUF) ... continue...
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