Subject: Re: Brk, it's time to declare a 1$ quarterly
His thesis is that the dividend will increase demand for the stock such that there will be a (permanent?) bump up in the stock price.

The people who are emotionally attached to dividends are unlikely to be buying a $500 stock. Let alone a $736,000 stock.

Heck, my co-workers rejected the idea of buying a stock at $100, back when AMZN and GOOG were there, pre-split.