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Kinnell999 t1_iu89rzt wrote

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Without dividends there would be no point in investing in a company.

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Throbbing_Furry_Knot t1_iu8kju4 wrote

Really? strange that people would invest in google then, which doesnt pay a dividend, or amazon, which also doesnt pay a dividend.

I'm not completely against dividends, but the leverage shareholders can apply to maximise it is often against the interests of company and country.

A cap of some kind on the percent of profit that can be given out as a dividend, or something akin to that might be ideal, as it would cause more to be reinvested and more money to be kept in the host country.

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Kinnell999 t1_iu8vd9s wrote

The shares only have value because they pay a dividend either now or in the future. If there were no dividend ever there would be no return on your investment because share holders would never receive a share of the profits. Those companies you mention are expected to pay a dividend at some point but aren’t now because they believe that reinvesting in capital will lead to higher dividends in the future.

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