Sprogget,
The underlying fact is that simply hunting dividends will lead you to miss many investment opportunities where dividends are either not paid or are paid, but are fairly meaningless to the average punter because they don't hold many shares anyway. Total return is what matters, not just your meagre dividend income.
Dividends are like the icing on the cake...sure they're nice to have, but you shouldn't throw your toys out of the pram just because chef served you a delicious cake but with no icing.
That's the point I was trying to make even if I perhaps didn't quite phrase it in the best way first time round !
Anyway, what has this whole thread got to do with "Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting" ? Money and investing has an inherent tendency to create strong opinions, all no doubt equally valid to one extent or another, but where the chance of 100% agreement is minimal. So how about we shake hands, put this thread to bed and resume normal service on the usual techie content of this part of the forum ?