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I’m not sure what your point is. Are you talking about a small fraction of stocks that pay dividends? Because otherwise the stock market is completely based on
by baby 6y ago
I’m not sure what your point is. Are you talking about a small fraction of stocks that pay dividends? Because otherwise the stock market is completely based on this: money changing hands.
- SgtBastard 6y agoYou’ve conveniently ignored reinvested dividends that in turn fund future growth, splits, reverse splits, mergers and acquisitions... That’s a very weak strawman.
- baby 6y agoMoney changing hands changing hands that makes it look like it’s totally legit. Copy that.
- dnautics 6y agoBuybacks are also a mechanism of connecting stock price to company performance, but arguably that is also tenuous and rare, except for the last few years when several companies have done buybacks. Oh, and in other direction, bankruptcy.