> Whether a company pays a dividend or not has no relevance to whether profit should matter to an investor. What? The point if owning stocks is receiving divid

> Whether a company pays a dividend or not has no relevance to whether profit should matter to an investor. What? The point if owning stocks is receiving dividends, otherwise it's just speculation. Without dividends, you can only realize gains by selling to someone else, turning the whole thing into a Ponzi scheme.