Like the February Correction ?

poppy10_2

Prism wrote: »

Thats without dividends right? With Dividends reinvested the FTSE 100 is up 165% over the last 10 years (rather than 82% without dividends)

FTSE is up only 59% without dividends over the past ten years (4394->6995)

MK62

poppy10 wrote: »

FTSE is up only 59% without dividends over the past ten years (4394->6995)

Depends which day you use.......the FTSE100 was in the middle of an extremely volatile period 10 years ago.....


On Friday 10th Oct 2008, it dropped nearly 9%, but was up over 8% the next trading day, Monday 13th Oct 2008.

Alexland

MK62 wrote: »

Depends which day you use.......the FTSE100 was in the middle of an extremely volatile period 10 years ago.....

I remember putting a £5k bonus into my pension about that time as a punt as I wasn't really aware what a good decision I was making. Looking back I should have extended the mortgage to invest. What an opportunity!

Alex

Prism

poppy10 wrote: »

FTSE is up only 59% without dividends over the past ten years (4394->6995)

Well yes, but since you do in fact get dividends the increase without doesn't mean much

DennisTenus

Prism wrote: »

Well yes, but since you do in fact get dividends the increase without doesn't mean much

Probably silly question but if I invest in a FTSE100 tracker index like the HSBC one do i get the dividends?

masonic

DennisTenus wrote: »

Probably silly question but if I invest in a FTSE100 tracker index like the HSBC one do i get the dividends?

Yes all mainstream index tracker funds and ETFs include dividends, either added to the value of your investment or paid out as income.

C_Mababejive

I'm not selling anything let alone crystallizing losses. My strategy over the last year has been to take divi's from individual holdings and buying ITs. I am tempted to click the div reinvestment button but am more likely to continue with my previous invest in IT/diversified products strategy and let the individual holdings just float up and down with the tide.

Sea_Shell

I'm being thick... What are ITs in this context?

masonic

Sea_Shell wrote: »

I'm being thick... What are ITs in this context?

Investment Trusts

Alexland

I just updated my spreadsheets to see the 'big picture' of the past month across our various assets and was pleasantly surprised that, because we save/invest a high proportion of our income, we have only been set back around 3 months in our net worth. The lower the market goes the more optimistic I feel about future long term returns.