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>What about the stock market? What about any kind of investment?

You mean the kind that pay dividends?



Before a stupid argument breaks out, everyone please note that a stock buyback is basically equivalent to a dividend with a different tax treatment; both are returning money to investors.

It's also theoretically possible for some of the crypto-token-organisation things to pay dividends, but it's far more common for them to simply take the money and run. Because a token is not a legal framework like a company is.


There are companies paying dividends, and companies reinvesting profit. What difference does it make?


You mean payments/yield from staking?


What percentage of stocks pay dividends?


I don’t have a percentage, but here are 25 to start with:

https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/how-to-invest-d...




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