Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : Clown-Free Zone... sorry, no clowns allowed -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KyrosL who wrote (178515)	7/9/2002 5:57:35 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Respond to of 436258

Kyros, by pumping the new pair of dimes full of easy credit, he pushed stock prices so high that the yields are sucky. The avg. dividend is nothing after taxes and inflation. Of course, the avg. money market yield is less than nothing after taxes and inflation, so that makes dividends relatively more valuable in that one comparison. The yield on the 500 is 1.62%. 2.00% on the Dow. At a 30% tax rate, you take home 1.40% on the Dow and much less on the 500. Does anyone think that real inflation is lower than those numbers? If so, they have no health care or educational expenses. And don't buy housing or cars. And they sure don't buy insurance.