JohnCapital
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IRL it is the shareholder' s right to question dividend payouts.
Whatever happens to dividends is also up to the shareholders to vote on during a shareholders meeting.
So I don't think you actually thought about what you wrote
Oh, so you're saying you regularly visit public forums for companies you own private stock in, and bitch and complain?
Regarding rights, I had in mind what's called voting stock vs common stock (or the other various stock definitions depending how a company wishes to handle those things). Some stock is simply "Thanks for investing with us. Here's a portion of our profits" and no other "rights" are offered or implied. Although I can understand and go with Forgo's explanation as well.
My main point was this part:
Tell the truth, are any of you stock holders of publicly traded companies and bug them THIS much about their dividend payments?
I highly doubt you spend time every week on public forums complaining and discussing each penny of difference on a dividend payment and whether that means the company will go belly up by next week. And even on stock that DOES offer voting rights, again minor changes in dividend don't usually create this kind of pitchfork complaining.
While it MAY BE your RIGHT to question payments, what I'm saying is how often does this kind of public bitching about it really occur for "normal" stocks? The answer is almost zero. Some may grumble a bit, sure. but weekly? On a constant basis? Like this? Not really. At least I'm unaware of similar cases.