• @chiliedogg
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    810 months ago

    Exactly. Steam is a money-printings g machine, and since they’re not publicly traded the owners make money asong as they’re profitable.

    With publicly-treaded companies, anyone who invests only makes money when the value of the stock goes up. Your company can make 5 billion dollars a second in profits, but still lose value to shareholders if the next quarter you aren’t making 6 billion a second.

        • @[email protected]
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          410 months ago

          That’s not a good example. A lot of tech companies don’t pay dividends because they aren’t yet profitable. The share price fluctuates heavily because it’s all speculative.

          Longer term, profitable companies that pay consistent dividends are the bread and butter over a strong passive income generating portfolio. You can also get significant dividends just from index fund ETF.

          A million dollar portfolio can easily print $30000-$50000 a year in dividends depending on how it’s allocated