• very smart Idiot@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    But that’s how capitalism works. You invest your money into something instead of using it on yourself.

    And in exchange for the risk taking, because each investment is a huge risk, you become (in case of stocks) a shareholder. And a as a shareholder and risk taker, you get compensated for your risk taking with dividends.

    Why invest your own cash into something and take a risk without getting something in exchange? That would be considered stupid.

    I invested into Wirecard back then and guess where the money went… Investments are bound to risk. And taking a risk must be rewarded.

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      1 year ago

      I believe that’s how it works, but I just don’t understand how that makes any sense. They’re just playing with numbers in the air, making a line diagraph go up and down… I just don’t get it.

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        1 year ago

        The “line diagraph” represents real physical things that you can eat or sleep in or wear.

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          1 year ago

          So they make the worth of that different? People give money so the worth of those things change? Who decides what worth is? What am I missing?