Comment by stogot 11 hours ago I hypothesize all dividends, no share value. How would that world look 2 comments stogot Reply fsckboy 10 hours ago that makes no sense. companies need capital, that's why there is a stock market. dividends are paid from past earnings, never capital (earnings are only a %age of the value of the capital) and not from higher expectations of the future. cluckindan 7 hours ago In a perfect world… reality is different, however.Plenty of companies take on debt to pay dividends, e.g. just before going public.
fsckboy 10 hours ago that makes no sense. companies need capital, that's why there is a stock market. dividends are paid from past earnings, never capital (earnings are only a %age of the value of the capital) and not from higher expectations of the future. cluckindan 7 hours ago In a perfect world… reality is different, however.Plenty of companies take on debt to pay dividends, e.g. just before going public.
cluckindan 7 hours ago In a perfect world… reality is different, however.Plenty of companies take on debt to pay dividends, e.g. just before going public.
that makes no sense. companies need capital, that's why there is a stock market. dividends are paid from past earnings, never capital (earnings are only a %age of the value of the capital) and not from higher expectations of the future.
In a perfect world… reality is different, however.
Plenty of companies take on debt to pay dividends, e.g. just before going public.