too good to be true…

Valid point.

For total return, you actually have to add dividends as well which is not shown in price chart. The breakeven would happen in 2007, but then soon the market would crash again.

One would also be the unfortunate fella who went all n at the peak and didnt make any investment onwards to average down.

To be fair, quite a number of investors have this behavior (buy at peak n soon give up). Spx, bitcoin, gold..u name it. Even here at Stashaway.

There is only a few companies in Malaysia that you meets requirements and unfortunately it is not REITs because it is actually dilution of value while acquiring assets 🤦‍♀️ hence you don’t realise you are actually losing money instead because you are concentrating on dividends not the actual value against the asset price

By far Maybank and Petronas Gas if you did on hold on to 15 years it will grow both in share value and dividends

Tenaga and Telekom share value wise it is mixed outlook but dividends it is consistent because the outlook is mixed as the management future vision and plan is very uncertain due to the board changes which can be manipulated by the govt in power 🤦‍♀️

Past few years because of the investment laid on future projects hasn’t been paid off yet

Once that is realised hopefully 2024/2025 it will grow back it was but at least hasn’t dropped that much of others unlike TNB