Total return

[jschwa]

Is there a way to get total return historical charts ?

[Mike Medved]

If you mean the chart that has dividends rolled into the price - no, we don't do that. Is that what you meant?

 

We *could* take the available dividend data and adjust the prices with it (as an option). Can you show me an example of someone doing that?

[jschwa]

http://stockcharts.com/articles/mailbag/2014/01/how-can-i-plot-dividend-adjusted-data-and-unadjusted-data.html

http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/perf.php?SPFF,PFF,PGX,PGF

[Mike Medved]

Hm.. As I am implementing it, I am pretty amazed just how little the "total return" charts differ from regular charts. I mean, yes, the values are different, but the general shape is basically the same. Even for REITs, which, I thought, would be most affected.