--- title: How significant are dividends to your return streams? description: dividends, total return, income, retirement, equity, sectors, yield, international, emerging markets, needs, image: https://1782947.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Images/Blog%20Posts/total%20return.png --- - [Login](http://investbcm.com/wp-login.php) - [Register](http://etf.investbcm.com/register) [![Beaumont_Logo_4C - powered by AIM](https://1782947.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Beaumont_Logo_4C%20-%20powered%20by%20AIM.png?width=429&height=254&name=Beaumont_Logo_4C%20-%20powered%20by%20AIM.png)](http://investbcm.com/) **A Bird's Eye View Blog** # How significant are dividends to your return streams? By:[David M. Haviland](http://1782947.hs-sites.com/author/david-m-haviland) | Date:Mar02, 2017 | [Category:](http://1782947.hs-sites.com) [Equity](http://1782947.hs-sites.com/topic/equity) For the last 15 years, 30.3% of U.S. equity, 54.4% of developed International equity and 26.9% of emerging market equity returns have been due to dividends. A caution...beware of industry concentration in sectors such as REITs, Utilities and MLPs. ![total return.png](https://1782947.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/Blog%20Posts/total%20return.png?width=631&height=530&name=total%20return.png) Source: Capital Group, 2017 Outlook, Navigating a World in Transition. January 2017, page 6.   Learn how capturing dividends can impact your portfolio returns this short paper, [Using Total Return To Meet Retirement Income Needs. ](https://1782947.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Whitepapers/Using_Total_Return_to_Meet_Retirement_Income_Needs_-_March_2016.pdf)   [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http%3A%2F%2F1782947.hs-sites.com%2Fhow-significant-are-dividends-to-your-return-streams%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/linkedin-24x24.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http%3A%2F%2F1782947.hs-sites.com%2Fhow-significant-are-dividends-to-your-return-streams%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=http%3A%2F%2F1782947.hs-sites.com%2Fhow-significant-are-dividends-to-your-return-streams%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=http%3A%2F%2F1782947.hs-sites.com%2Fhow-significant-are-dividends-to-your-return-streams%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=How%20significant%20are%20dividends%20to%20your%20return%20streams%3F) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20http%3A%2F%2F1782947.hs-sites.com%2Fhow-significant-are-dividends-to-your-return-streams%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20http%3A%2F%2F1782947.hs-sites.com%2Fhow-significant-are-dividends-to-your-return-streams%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) ### Subscribe to Email Updates ![Beaumont_Logo_powered by AIM white](https://1782947.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Beaumont_Logo_powered%20by%20AIM%20white.png?width=820&height=482&name=Beaumont_Logo_powered%20by%20AIM%20white.png)   Firm Information - [About BCM](https://investbcm.com/firm-overview) - [Contact Us](https://investbcm.com/contact-us/) - [Press Inquiries](mailto:marketing@investbcm.com) - [Disclosure](https://investbcm.com/disclosures/) - [Privacy Policy](https://investbcm.com/disclosures/privacy-policy/) - [ADV](https://investbcm.com/disclosures/adv/) Investment Solutions - [Decathlon](https://investbcm.com/strategies/decathlon) - [Javelin Market Neutral](https://investbcm.com/strategies/javelin) - [Sector Rotation](https://investbcm.com/strategies/sector-rotation) Subscribe to the BCM Blog – **A Bird’s Eye View** for timely content - - Copyright © 2024 [Beaumont Capital Management](https://investbcm.com/) [mailto:salessupport@investBCM.com](mailto:salessupport@investBCM.com)