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Old 01-07-2013, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by glassman View Post
Greg, what's the difference between an income investment and a price appreciation investment?

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Income investment - let's say NLY - are bought because they spin off super sweet income in the form of dividends or interest... But you're not investing in them because you think the price per share is going very far.


A price appreciation investment would be where you expect (hope) that the share price is going to go higher. So I might buy a stock where I "only" get 3% dividend - but to offset that smallish dividend - I need the share price to appreciate to give me a "TOTAL RETURN". Dividend plus share price growth.
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