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$O and $MAIN are not exactly volatile. For me, volatile stocks are more like $MSTR $HIMS $TSLA
Above all, you list 3 dividend stocks here. Why? Did you buy them?
Let's take $MAIN using your example. You are up 25%, which means your equity is somewhere around €40 with the current dividend, you will make a profit of around 9% on your investment next year just because of the dividend. If you now assume another 10% dividend growth, you are already at just over 10% return. Without price fluctuations. In some years, that alone is enough to beat the market....
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@Hotte1909 Basically I agree with you, but when I look at where Ares was before October, for example, where it then went and where it is now back up again, I naturally start to think.

I had also read the article, but I think it's just as difficult here as it is with the argument about dividends yes or no.
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@hejjay But don't forget what happened at the beginning of August. You can take just about any share, of course they can go up and down, but in the end we're probably talking about 8-10% as soon as you cash out, you'll probably have to pay tax on it. If your tax-free amount is empty. In other words, you still have about €750 of your €1000 profit left. If you now reinvest this, you first have to recoup the €250 so that you get to 0. In other words, in 5 months you'll be back at exactly the same point as you are now.
Why did you buy the shares? Probably not because of the share price growth, right?
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