09/01/2026
Dividends can feel like a small part of investing.
Over time, they can be anything but small.
This chart shows the growth of $1 invested in the S&P 500 since 1990:
โข With dividends reinvested: $๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฒ๐ฑ
โข Without dividends reinvested: $๐ฎ๐ญ.๐ฐ๐ฌ
Thatโs more than a 2x difference.
The lesson isnโt that dividends are the only thing that matters. Itโs that ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด-๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
For long-term investors, some of the most powerful decisions are often the least exciting: stay invested, reinvest, and give compounding time to work.