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Old 08-25-2005, 03:38 PM
Cyrus Cyrus is offline
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That's why corporations don't pay dividends. When they do, it's a sign the end is near.

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I always thought that owning stock amounted to expecting to share in the company profits (through getting paid a dividend) rather than participating in a Ponzi-like scheme whebey I expect to gain only by selling my property at a higher price. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

(I had quite an argument with none other than Don Schlesinger about this very subject!)
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