[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by toy71camaro

Good point. that was in the back of my mind. I was explaining that to my GF last night over dinner, but when i wrote this, i didn't think about that.

The little man on wall street doesn't like me now that I rebalanced my 401k into and handful of diff mutual funds. Those are taking a hit. But he did seem to forget about my Investing 102 stocks, they're doing decent. lol.

And speaking of stock growth and total growth (stock + div), is there a way to calculate that? I'd like to keep track. Or is there a tool/page you use that gives you that basic info?

Edit: after a little further thinking about it.. to calc growth wouldnt you simply take your average purchase price and compare it against the current price? or would it be better to take your purchase cost, compared against the current value? If you do the 2nd option, then it seems you may be able to take your purchase cost and compare it against the current value + dividend payouts to get the total growth? Im not sure if thats right.. its been too long since math class. LOL

Edit 2: i think this explains it: http://stocks.about.com/od/evaluatin...ormualaeva.htm

YES -- that explains it.