81. The researchers ranked the companies by total return, which includes gains in stock price as well as dividends. 82. The total return includes dividends and stock price appreciation. 83. The total return of a mortgage security also accounts for the pace which homeowners repay the underlying loans. 84. The total return of a mortgage security also accounts for the pace at which homeowners repay the underlying loans. 85. The total return of a bond reflects how much interest it pays and how much its price changes over time. 86. Their total return will not deviate much from it because recession and inflation -- the forces behind price jumps and declines -- are unlikely. 87. These are total returns, which include dividends. 88. This fund, variously slotted as an aggressive growth or small company offering, has done a terrific job of producing high total returns, although yield is zip. 89. Those prepayments take mortgage bonds away from investors, depleting the total return of the securities. 90. This all translates directly into your total returns. |