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Re:Why are American workers becoming harder to find? by buildingmateri on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @01:31AM (#27430950)
I'm aware but next to no one actually buys stocks for the dividends.

Housing market is same zero sum as OP described determined by investments in real estate instead of other assets

Any other examples?

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Re:Why are American workers becoming harder to find? by djbebs on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @07:08AM (#27433492)
The only reason anyone buys those assets is because of the divine share buybacks. Anything else is purely speculation and always reverts back to the mean.

Over the long term effectively 100% of all stock market returns comes from either dividends (and buybacks) or the companies increasing ability to pay dividends (through earnings growth).

I'm not sure why you think having a place to live ( or to rent to someone else) is not productive... mind explaining?

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