“I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.”
— Warren Buffett
The Warren Buffett investment philosophy calls for a long-term investment horizon, where a five year holding period, or even longer, would fit right into the strategy. How would such a strategy have worked out for an investment into DISH Network Corp (NASD: DISH)? Today, we examine the outcome of a five year investment into the stock back in 2017.
| Start date: | 05/25/2017 |
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| End date: | 05/24/2022 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $63.90 | ||||
| End price/share: | $20.71 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 156.49 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 156.49 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | -67.59% | ||||
| Average annual return: | -20.18% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $3,240.10 | ||||
As shown above, the five year investment result worked out poorly, with an annualized rate of return of -20.18%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 5 years ago into $3,240.10 today (as of 05/24/2022). On a total return basis, that’s a result of -67.59% (something to think about: how might DISH shares perform over the next 5 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]
More investment wisdom to ponder:
“We ignore outlooks and forecasts… we’re lousy at it and we admit it … everyone else is lousy too, but most people won’t admit it.” — Martin Whitman
