Verifying the YTD return of Dividend ETF SDIV?

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http://www.dividenddetective.com/dividend_etfs.htm

I am thinking of verifying the YTD returns using Yahoo Finance data:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=SDIV&a=05&b=9&c=2011&d=07&e=23&f=2012&g=d

I take 8/22/2012 price (A) and 12/30/2011 price (B), and calculate

A/B - 1

The problem is: which price shall I use? "Close" Price or "Adjusted Close" Price?

If I use the "Adjusted Close" Price, the YTD return is a whopping 12%!

Am I missing something here?

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What you are missing is Morningstar.com That is the best source for performance for mutual funds and ETFs. Checking SDIV through 8/23 shows a YTD total return of 11.11%
 
Any number-crunching guys here?

Please don't trust those sources and can anybody show me the numbers?

Where did 12% came from?

Thanks!
 
Not as simple as it looks like.

To understand the value you must consider the underlining... in other words if you have an asset that just give you a dividend it depreciate its value in capital.

your approach look a bit approximate to me
 
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