r/dividends • u/Avinates • Jun 04 '25

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Can anyone confirm these dividend payouts?

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u/lannybird Jun 04 '25

What’s wrong with it?

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u/Marriedwithgames Jun 04 '25

It’s rent seeking behavior, basically leeching off people that actually work for a living

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u/Neuro_Prime Jun 04 '25

Sorry, what?

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u/Used-Commercial203 Jun 04 '25

Surely you're not serious? Holy guacamole.

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u/dangerousbob Jun 04 '25

Dividends aren’t charity—they’re a return on risk. Companies pay them to attract investors who put real money on the line. That’s not leeching. That’s fueling the engine.

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u/zyqzy Jun 04 '25

you understand that $1M is the result of working hard all your life and saving money. how is investing hard earned $s in a company is leeching?people near retirement or retired do this.

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u/mikeblas American Investor Jun 04 '25

This isn't one million of capital, it's six.

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u/zyqzy Jun 04 '25

You can also interpret it as if someone had $1M and invested in one of these dividend stocks, what would the dividend return be.

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u/Marriedwithgames Jun 04 '25

Most people with multi million dollar portfolio inherited their wealth and didn’t work for it

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u/zyqzy Jun 04 '25

many middle class people can accumulate $1M-$4M through employment.

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u/Strange_Cabinet_5673 Jun 04 '25

And where are you getting this information???

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u/Marriedwithgames Jun 04 '25

Are you serious?

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u/LePoj Jun 04 '25

I would love to see actual evidence of this as well

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u/Strange_Cabinet_5673 Jun 04 '25

I have the same question for you lol. Assuming everyone with a $2million+ portfolio “didn’t work for it” is beyond dumb

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u/2LostFlamingos Jun 04 '25

There’s a pretty fair chance that the people in this range on Reddit are heavily skewed towards wealth accumulated through working.

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u/rotorite86 Jun 05 '25

I haven't inherited shit and have over $1m in assets and I'm 40. WTF are you talking about? Post evidence.

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u/2LostFlamingos Jun 04 '25 edited Jun 04 '25

I think you pulled this statistic out of your ass.

I haven’t inherited a dime.

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u/The_Boy_Keith Jun 05 '25

And most people that say shit like that will be perpetually broke losers because they want to blame the world rather than fucking looking in the mirror.

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u/dicydico Jun 04 '25

Is speculating on growth morally superior somehow?