Earnings are nice, but dividends are nicer. Rising earnings without dividends mean little; just the game of "Say,Zeek, earnings are UP so the stock will go up. What say we buy it." Earnings don't make stocks go up, buyers make 'em go up. So [we] all play the earnings game, the musical chairs game, the upgrade/downgrade/sideways game. Balderdash.
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