• vrek@programming.dev
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    10 days ago

    The problem is with no juniors, you don’t get any seniors in 5 years. Every expert was once a beginner…

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        10 days ago

        Here’s the thing, Warren buffet argumently the best stock market person in history based everything on long term gains. P&g coke a cola etc long term company long term profit invest in them

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          Sure but he was also investing when the stock market was also slightly attached to reality which hasn’t been true in a decade at least.

          It was always gambling but now numbers must go up at all costs

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            10 days ago

            That has always been the case and is written into law that a publicly traded company must do anything possible to make more money.

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              It’s not actually law and that’s just what companies want to be the belief for them behaving reprehensibly

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                  Yes, I believe you’re interpreting that page incorrectly. Fiduciary duties are law bindings for specific relationships and situations not applicable for all publicly traded companies to all shareholders.

                  I believe you’re confusing that idea with the theory of shareholder supremacy that’s a claim, popularized by the likes of Jack Welch to support their actions.

                  The background comes from Dodge v. Ford Motor Co. in 1919 which stated

                  There should be no confusion… A business corporation is organized and carried on primarily for the profit of the stockholders.

                  and the interpretation has been quite debated.