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		OscarCunningham on March 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet EDIT: This is wrong. There's no reason to ignore dividends. If you look at total return then it's above the high.

neural_thing on March 9, 2020 [–]

According to https://dqydj.com/nikkei-return-calculator-dividend-reinvest...

Nikkei is down 36% since January 1990 if you reinvest dividends. Do you have a source for your claim?

OscarCunningham on March 9, 2020 | [–]

You're right. I read a chart wrong.

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