/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>56469175
Dividend stocks are closer priced to their intrinsic value and their business will typically be more scrutinized by investors.
Speculation and betting can of course generate large profits, but most traders (gamblers) lose money and you're fool making it the core of your portfolio. Most people lose money trying to time the market, fomo'ing and panic selling, don't take profits when overvalued, instead of investing long term.

>>56471206
Net worth is mostly meaningless if you don't realize gains. It shit your mindset from speculation on the market to investing in sound businesses.

Passive income (dividends) and compound effect is an easy and safe way to build wealth and financial independence, which is likely why there are shills here. Yes, it take some time depending on how frugal you are or how much new capital you can add, but the reward will be a large net worth generating loads of cash.

tl;dr: think of stocks and hold them as income producing businesses, value them by their dividends and expectations of dividend growth