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by glimshe 107 days ago
They could buy back stock or, God forbid, pay good old dividends to investors instead of throwing money away.
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Why would paying dividends not be like throwing money away for Nvidia, considering the alternative is to reinvest it into Nvidia's R&D, hiring & training, etc. Investors are already happily making money on NVDA stock appreciation, so what more would they gain from paying dividends?
because of the law of diminishing returns
More money?
> God forbid, pay good old dividends

As I understand it, stock buybacks are basically a better (tax advantaged) way to pay dividends