http://dividendsvalue.com/1122/yield-on-cost-measuring-for-success/ Dividend Investing & Value Investing For A Superior Portfolio Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:45:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://dividendsvalue.com/1122/yield-on-cost-measuring-for-success/comment-page-1/#comment-102006 Rhombus Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:30:28 +0000 http://dividendsvalue.com/1122/yield-on-cost-measuring-for-success/#comment-102006 YOC is the only way to measure results. The underlying philosophy is based on replacement of your investment. For base, however, One must take the average cost of all the shares you have purchaSED, each time of purchase add the number of shares to the previous total number and the cost of shares purchased to the total cost invested in that stock then divide the total amount invested by the number of stocks held - this will give you the average cost per share. (I also include the commissions in that cost) Replacement, because you return from dividends is a percentage of your investment to date, the replacementmust at least equal the average return. YOC is the only way to measure results. The underlying philosophy is based on replacement of your investment. For base, however, One must take the average cost of all the shares you have purchaSED, each time of purchase add the number of shares to the previous total number and the cost of shares purchased to the total cost invested in that stock then divide the total amount invested by the number of stocks held – this will give you the average cost per share. (I also include the commissions in that cost) Replacement, because you return from dividends is a percentage of your investment to date, the replacementmust at least equal the average return.

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