• @dezmd@lemmy.world
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    02 years ago

    A stock represents a share in the ownership of a company.

    It has no inherent requirement that a company ‘make things’ or produce dividends.

    • @aesthelete@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Sure you can invest in companies that make nothing, have no actual value, and pay no dividends… In which case you’d be investing in something a lot more like crypto.

      Or you could, you know, not invest in crappy companies nor speculative assets and spend more than five minutes “researching” a thing before sinking significant money into it. Most reputable companies pay dividends and you can even look up the average dividend yield of the stock over years.