Talk:Reinvesting dividends in a taxable account

pw: ''Pros and cons of reinvesting dividends are cons and pros of taking dividends in cash, respectively. As such, they are omitted for brevity.'' You might want to rephrase this for greater clarity, or omit it entirely as peripheral to the argument.Blbarnitz 06:16, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

I think omitting the sentence is least confusing. PiperWarrior 13:27, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Reader feedback: All those considerations see...
66.129.241.12 posted this comment on 4 December 2013 (view all feedback).

All those considerations seem a tad biased towards the accumulation phase. This should be stated.

And then I'd suggest to state something for retirees, indicating that it's better to spend your dividends than to reinvest them while selling other assets to address your annual needs, to minimize your taxable income (otherwise, you're kind of getting taxed twice!). I know the latter point may seem obvious, but it actually took me a while to figure it out...

One more comment: not everybody has an account at Vanguard. Dividends reinvesting is often provided by other investment accounts (I have E-Trade and did use their DRIP feature). I'd suggest to make the text a bit more generic in this respect.

Siamond.

Any thoughts?


 * I have edited the purchase and redemption fee section, making it more universal. --Blbarnitz 11:27, 4 December 2013 (CST)
 * I have edited a consideration of retiree income needs, with a companion footnote. --Blbarnitz 11:54, 4 December 2013 (CST)

Blbarnitz 10:23, 4 December 2013 (CST)