Subject: Re: 2026 and beyond
Let's try again, can anyone answer two simple questions, who I don't have on ignore?

WHY do msft,aapl, goog, etc pay a dividend? WHY? Ignorant management? WHY?

Probably because management wants to satisfy the incorrect and illogical reasoning of people who implicitly believe that dividends are free money.

Just like a car dealer will gladly sell an expensive car to someone who cannot really afford it but want it anyway. Give the customer what he wants.
(Youtube is full of those car dealer videos. Also channels of tow truck companies doing repos of said cars from said buyers. e.g., "Life Wit Eb")