[ale] Indian outsourcing

[Greg]

Good point.  But how do you account for companies who don't believe much in
dividends (MS) ?
Greg

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> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of
> Stuffed Crust
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:11 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Indian outsourcing
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> On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 06:14:40PM -0500, Alan Stewart wrote:
> > I don't think it's as simple as blaming corporations and government. If
> > stockholders (i.e. 401K participants) didn't expect dividends and
> > increasing stock values NOW, not ten years from now things might be
> > different.
>
> In other words.... if our system were different, things would be
> different?
>
> You just underlined the whole principle behind the stock market, not
> just 401(k).   Smart investors don't pay any attention to the daily
> swings.  They know it's about the long haul.
>
> Ostensibly, stock price is about dividends, or rather what the expected
> lifetime earnings of the company are expected to be.  But that's not
> what it's about these days -- *share price*.
>
> The entire .com "industry" was built around share price.  That's where
> the paper fortunes were made and lost on a daily basis.  It completely
> wrecked the idea that one owns stock for the dividends, which are
> reasonably regular... but instead, one only makes money if the share
> price goes up, better sell it quick!
>
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