Tax refunds are not free money. They were your money anyway, you just didn't know about it before.
Dividends are not free money. When a dividend is about to be paid the value of a share drops (by about the same amount) because the share price takes it into account.
I know that none of them are free money in the strict sense; that's why I put 'perceive as ...'. But I have certainly seen entirely financially-aware people rejoice at opening a dividend or a Premium Bond cheque at the breakfast table in much the same way as they would at a tenner picked up in the street.
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(Anonymous) 2011-07-01 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)Dividends are not free money. When a dividend is about to be paid the value of a share drops (by about the same amount) because the share price takes it into account.
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