re: Some common myths about the markets that are untrue and/or 99% do not know

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If you only knew....

In the S&P 500 25% of companies pay no dividends. For the NASDAQ- only about 50% pay a dividend, the other 50% pay zero.

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No sheet Sherlock.
Not all Companies in those indexes pay a dividend.
But you said that it's not a good sign when a stock pays a dividend.
Every S&P 500 ETF pays a dividend.
Every Nasdaq ETF pays a dividend.
Every Dow Jones ETF pays a dividend.

So even according to you, 75 percent of S&P 500 stocks pay a dividend.
And even half of Nasdaq stocks pay a dividend.
So over half of the stocks in the two Gold Standard Indexes pay a dividend
So using your logic people shouldn't invest in the Index Funds because they pay dividends.

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Do you really want to take money from their booming/growing business or put it back in the business? You are making my point for me.

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Uh, not every company is in ramp up/rapid growth mode. It is appropriate and desirable for a company in Exxon’s position to pay a dividend.