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Learning, Sharing, and Teaching => Investor Alley => Topic started by: dividendman on November 03, 2016, 09:35:00 PM

Title: Does anyone else look back to the earliest time the market was at this value?
Post by: dividendman on November 03, 2016, 09:35:00 PM

I do this all the time! So, the earliest time the market (VTI) closed at today's value was back in November of 2014, 2 years ago.

I look at this and think "well, it's like I got a two year bonus on investing for every dollar I put in now"

I know it's best not to be emotional, but I look at things like this.... I guess I'm weird. I don't really act on em.

Title: Re: Does anyone else look back to the earliest time the market was at this value?
Post by: talltexan on November 04, 2016, 10:00:33 AM

Given that your name is "dividendman", you must take joy that dividends have rise in those two years, so effective yields today are higher?

Title: Re: Does anyone else look back to the earliest time the market was at this value?
Post by: dividendman on November 04, 2016, 01:45:08 PM

Quote from: talltexan on November 04, 2016, 10:00:33 AM

Given that your name is "dividendman", you must take joy that dividends have rise in those two years, so effective yields today are higher?

Haha, yes, that too! And I got dividends during that time.

Actually the moniker "dividendman" came from back when I picked dividend stocks and thought I was a genius. Now I just index. I do still like dividends though!