← Back to context Comment by stogot 9 hours ago I hypothesize all dividends, no share value. How would that world look 2 comments stogot Reply fsckboy 8 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 5 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 8 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 5 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 5 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.