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A comment on iPhone Sales Drop, and Apple’s 13-Year Surge Ebbs. Parent comment

Re:iPhone Sales Drop, and Apple’s 13-Year Surge Ebbs by reddytowns on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @02:10AM (#11578160)
I concede, however what I was mainly getting at was that this meme of "you only make money when the company grows" is also false.

I believe you would agree with me that a company could exceed expectations while at the same time not growing (by giving out a bigger dividend, or buying up its own shares with its profits).

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Re:iPhone Sales Drop, and Apple’s 13-Year Surge Ebbs by tptacek on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @10:04AM (#11580506)
I'm not saying that you only make money when the company grows. Obviously, you can make money from a consistent dividend, as well.

But that's not really what you're doing when you invest in an S&P index fund, right?

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