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The S&P may have been flat over the past 10-11 years, but someone holding blue-chip dividend paying stocks over that time period would have achieved an annualised growth of +5.4%. Not everyone owns a S&P 500 index fund.

On Sep 22 06:24 PM SeekingTruth wrote:

> D4L, Thanks for some solid and useful data and suggestions. MadHFT

> It is worth recognizing that the S&P 500 is at a level first
> seen in Feb. 1998, more than 11 years ago. i.e. Flat for over 11
> years on a growth basis for buy and hold investors.
> Message : Don't buy and hold mindlessly, even better dividend paying
> stocks should be let go when overvalued, but only with great caution
> and care with the mind and strategy to buy them back along the way,
> or to improve and update your selections..
> Again thanks for a good and useful article , you do us an excellent
> service, also MadMFT.