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[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

No, there is a difference between buying stock for dividends and buying stock exclusively to sell it to a bigger rube Bitcoin-style.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 days ago

There's plenty of theorists who argue otherwise. Profit distribution represents value that have nowhere else to grow, whereas as stock value growth represents money deployed to growth that otherwise could have been distributed. In the end, it's value capture.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 days ago

There's plenty of theorists who argue otherwise. Profit distribution represents value that have nowhere else to grow, whereas as stock value growth represents money deployed to growth that otherwise could have been distributed. In the end, it's value capture.