Replies to post #70 on MONTHLY DIVIDEND STOCKS

[GO4AWILDRIDE]

51% of the dividend is nothing more than "RETURN OF CAPITAL"

See attached article: http://www.dailyfinance.com/rtn/pr/the-zweig-total-return-fund-inc-discloses-sources-of-distribution-section-19a-notice/rfid316425424/?channel=pf



Distribution Estimates April 2010 (MTD) Year-to-date (YTD)
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Per Percentage Per Percentage
Share of Current Share of Current
(Sources) Amount Distribution Amount Distribution
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Net Investment Income $ 0.006 17.2% $ 0.012 12.1%
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Net Realized Short-Term Capital
Gains 0.011 31.8% 0.021 20.2%
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Net Realized Long-Term Capital
Gains - 0.0% - 0.0%
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Return of Capital (or other
Capital Source) 0.017 51.0% 0.069 67.7%
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Total Distribution $ 0.034 100.0% $ 0.102 100.0%
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Fund has a plan to return 10% of the funds net asset value on an annualized basis. This 10% could just be a return of your CAPITAL and not a true dividend.

Getting a dividend which is a portion of capital increase is more what we are looking for.

Notice that the stock has dropped from $10.00 initial investement to $3.91 over 20 years shows that it is for the most part just returning your investment.

[stockpyle4]

I am also curious how ZTR ranks on this list.