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Both this and dividends are payments to shareholders but this is different because it's not funded by the company itself. It's a third party electing to pay eve
by meric 9y ago
Both this and dividends are payments to shareholders but this is different because it's not funded by the company itself. It's a third party electing to pay every shareholder. Also, dividends are regular events, but getting a new asset that can be traded is not.
- WorldMaker 9y agoI guess that depends too on what you think "the company" is in this case, going back to struggling with whether or not this analogizes to a stock split or not.
- meric 9y agoIn the AAPL example, it's not a stock split.