Comments on Dividend Growth Investor: Yield on Cost Matters

Good lesson on YOC. I still find it confusing, bu...

2011-10-12T11:20:49.852-07:00

Good lesson on YOC. I still find it confusing, but that is a personal problem not your article.

Dividend Lover, Obviously you have no idea what y...

2010-04-11T11:46:33.446-07:00

Dividend Lover,

Obviously you have no idea what you are talking about, otherwise you wouldn't have used the term "yield on cost" with the term " fine for the short term" in one sentence.

I do agree YOC doesn't take into effect inflation. But then the rising dividend payment takes care of the inflation adjustment. It is the process that matters, rather than the end result which everyone is focusing on.

I started off by writing a comment and it turned i...

2010-04-10T19:30:21.335-07:00

I started off by writing a comment and it turned into a full post.

I don't like using yield on cost, because it does not take inflation into account, i find it misleading. though it is fine for the short term, but dividend investing is not a short term buisness.

http://dividendlover.blogspot.com/2010/04/yield-on-cost-misleading-and.html