This presumes you own a dividend paying stock. I'm not sure what percent of stocks pay dividends.
“This presumes you own a dividend paying stock. I’m not sure what percent of stocks pay dividends.”
No. Let’s say you own a share in a farm. The farm pays no dividend. But the farm produces something. As, opposed to gold, which does not produce anything. The farm has a value to society and therefore society has need of the farm. Society may want the gold, but it needs the farm. (Pretty sure this was the flavor of Warren’s comments.)