Donald Trump announced new tariffs will take effect this weekend—sending the stock market crashing.

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    19 hours ago

    They can’t lie about the dividends they paid out, and dividends are a big part of perceived value. To lots of people, they are the only important part.

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      19 hours ago

      look into how many “high value” stocks actually render dividends. dividends are an extremely minor part of these “financial markets”

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        18 hours ago

        More than half of the top ten companies by market cap do pay dividends: Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta, Broadcom, and Walmart.

        Not all do, of course. That’s exactly why some of those “high value” stocks are probably in a bubble, and soon to become not so high value.