No, people like me put our money into our businesses, which earn us a REAL profit (dividend) versus a FAKE profit (stock value increase without dividend) like in the stock market. My money really grows, and as it grows, I hire more people. I spend more on infrastructure, while still maintaining a true profit over the loss of value via monetary inflation. You put your money in the stock market by buying used stocks, not new ones. Those used stocks have gone up in value usually because the dollar has plummeted in value over the time since the previous used stock buyer purchased the very stocks they're selling. The stock market goes up not because the companies are paying bigger profits, but because the dollar has lost value, so you need more dollars to buy the same amount of company. Yes, some companies actually have expanded their infrastructure, acquiring more assets, etc, but in reality none of those things matter unless the company is sold. Stock values going up have nothing to do with company values going up -- they're purely a mirage caused by the fiat money system.

I'm sorry, but the last time I checked, owning a stock is owning a business. I know many publicly held companies that have gone up in price because their value has gone up. Berkshire Hathaway has increased in value far outpacing inflation, without ever paying a dividend. And while its true, it doesn't result in cash in your pocket until you sell the stock, you can never realize the full value of your self-run business until you sell it either. You might get what its intrinsic value is worth when you sell, you might not, all affected by many of the same things that affect the price of a stock. Something is only worth what someone else is willing to pay you for it.