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- From: watanabe@cs.uiuc.edu (Larry Watanabe)
- Subject: Re: 10 Highest Yielding Dow Stocks
- Message-ID: <BxxM8p.IpE@cs.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
- References: <1992Nov17.020028.1483@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Nov17.141231.37536@watson.ibm.com> <1ecbv6INN27d@news.aero.org> <sgta620@zola.esd.sgi.com>
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 21:55:36 GMT
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- blean@rwb.esd.sgi.com (Bob Blean) writes:
-
- >Note, by the way, that there is a well-known book out that advocates
- >buying the highest yielding Dow stocks. It adjusts its portfolio once
- >per year.
-
- >Naturally, it claims superior returns. When I looked closely at their
- >figures, and added in an adjustment for annual taxes (since they trade once
- >a year), their returns became rather ordinary.
-
- You could adjust your portfolio every 366 days, thus making all
- gains long-term.
-
- Any other strategy (except for things like tax-exempty munis)
- would also eventually have to pay taxes
- as well, so the high-yield strategy doesn't seem to suffer
- from any disadvantage on this account.
-
-
- -Larry Watanabe watanabe@cs.uiuc.edu
-