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0 pointsHDThoreaun1mo ago0 comments

Even if the number is 10% they want the company to take risks. Big tech shareholders number one goal is not becoming IBM

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dominotw1mo ago

anyone can get any random shower thought funded by this logic. Thats not how investing works.

HDThoreaunOP1mo ago

Then why dont executives got punished by investors when they take risks and fail? The answer clearly is that investors want the risks to be taken and understand the downside that comes from taking risks.

dominotw1mo ago

> Then why dont executives got punished by investors when they take risks and fail?

they do?

kasabali1mo ago

I mean, as an outsider, this is exactly how it seems to be working.

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dominotw1mo ago

anyone can get any random shower thought funded by this logic. Thats not how investing works.

HDThoreaunOP1mo ago

dominotw1mo ago

> Then why dont executives got punished by investors when they take risks and fail?

they do?

kasabali1mo ago

I mean, as an outsider, this is exactly how it seems to be working.

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