If you buy and hold a stock for many years, you’d hope to be making a profit. Furthermore, you’d generally like to see the share price rise faster than the market. Unfortunately for shareholders, while the Oracle Corporation Japan (TSE:4716) share price is up 95% in the last five years, that’s less than the market return. However, if you include the dividends then the return is market beating. Some buyers are laughing, though, with an increase of 21% in the last year.
So let’s…