Where have I ever said, on any thread, that dividends aren't part of total return? An absolute falsehood. Dividends are an essential part of total return. The clue is surely in the meaning of the word "total".tjh290633 wrote:What you said was:
That to me read that you would not apply a filter based on earnings, ROC or cash flow.dealtn wrote:To start with I wouldn't apply a harsh filter that has nothing to do with shareholder return, such as earnings, or return on capital, or cashflow, but instead was a non-return based one such as dividend yield.
Then you saidYou didn't actually propose a method.dealtn wrote:Now if your definition of "yield" wasn't a dividend yield, but was an earnings yield, or a return on capital yield, I would see merit. But I know that isn't what you meant.
Your suggestion is that dividends are not part of shareholder return, when they are an essential part of total return.
TJH
My argument is, and remains, that using dividends as the sole criteria for selection for a total returns strategy is bizarre.