If a friend who has never bought stocks before asks you how buying stocks makes money, what would you answer? Many people might say that it depends on the stock price - if the stock price rises, then it means that you've made money.
Is this statement correct? Yes, but not entirely.
This is because stock returns actually come from two parts: one part is the return brought by the increase in stock prices, and the other pa...

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