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Sure you do. You buy higher-end business shoes and suits to be eligible for management positions that pay better. Might not be the case in SV and the startup wo
by hobofan 9y ago
Sure you do. You buy higher-end business shoes and suits to be eligible for management positions that pay better. Might not be the case in SV and the startup world, but it certainly is at most other companies.
- gnode 9y agoThat's not what capital gain means; you're not expecting to sell the shoes themselves to make a profit.
- saosebastiao 9y agoCorrect, it's not a capital gain. It's a dividend.
- annabellish 9y agoand you invest in food because if you don't eat, then you'll die and make no more money! That definition of "investment" includes almost everything anyone can possibly do.
- briandear 9y agoNo it doesn’t. One invests because the asset they are purchasing will either appreciate or generate cash flow. “Food” doesn’t generally appreciate or generate cash flow. (Outside of obvious restaurant contexts.) You can call food an “investment” but you could also call a dog a cat — that doesn’t make it so.
- Trundle 9y ago"That"