Co-produced with Beyond Saving and PendragonY for High Dividend Opportunities
In a recent article, we highlighted the difference between total returns and receiving dividend income. We wrote,
It's normal for investors to hold on to their best performing stocks and imagine those unrealized gains will never go away - but this is a trick of the mind and not a part of reality. The only gains you've actually achieved are realized gains and dividend/distribution payments received."
and continued,
We have chosen to focus on gathering our eggs, and not killing our chickens. Why? Because we