In Gold we trust, page-143

That's only 4 5% all the shares of the company it will make no difference to SP. and part of buying or investing in shares two ways of looking at it trying to catch a shooting rocket or catch a falling knife . $1000 ÷ 0.10c = 10000 shares. 10 years the company and the share price grows then 10 years of a $0.10 dividend. 10000 × 0.10c = $1000 × 10 years = $10,000 divide that over 20 years so your original $1,000 investment has a gain of 50% per year over the 20 years. Can't get that in the bank.