Investing 102

[68Cuda]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

The percentage of dividend you have been collecting has been on YOUR lower cost - so you were still collecting a 4% dividend on your cost basis! The dividend didn't go DOWN... the share price simply has appreciated.

Yes - I understand the math, cost basis and all. But now that the stock price has appreciated I can take the profit and buy something that pays 3.5% to 4% on the current dollar amount. Still INTC is a good company, hard to make that jump, maybe I will do the 1/2 thing you were suggesting.

Originally Posted by GregWeld

And --- if these are taxable accounts - you've now created a taxable event by selling. Long term capital gains with a low percentage of tax for sure... but taxed non-the-less!

NOW don't get me wrong --- there's nothing with taking a nice capital gain and feeling that you can do better somewhere else. Nothing wrong with that at all. I just didn't want to CONFUSE THE NEWBS by saying the percentage was no longer in your favor. It was still paying YOU a decent percentage dividend on your cost.

Good points - this is inside a 401k, so no taxes. I did run into something annoying in that respect recently. I was taxed on a dividend inside my 401k on a foreign owned company. That is dirty pool!

Originally Posted by GregWeld

HEY ----- MAKE SURE YOU DON'T SELL THEM JUST AS THEY'RE GOING EX!!!!

Wow - thanks for the reminder, guess I will wait until the 6th! (Maybe 7th to be safe)