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I'm aware but next to no one actually buys stocks for the dividends. Housing market is same zero sum as OP described determined by investments in real estate i

• djbebs 5y ago
  The only reason anyone buys those assets is because of the divine share buybacks. Anything else is purely speculation and always reverts back to the mean. Over the long term effectively 100% of all stock market returns comes from either dividends (and buybacks) or the companies increasing ability to pay dividends (through earnings growth). I'm not sure why you think having a place to live ( or to rent to someone else) is not productive... mind explaining?