Ok, explain something else to me about stocks: the company issues stocks, usually an an IPO, sometimes other times, basically taking out a loan, yes? Why does it then matter to the company how much those shares are worth in the future? Why does it care what it's trading at?
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Can't you just sell your equity for cash and not tell anyone?
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This is why people are typically technically not compensated in "stock" but "stock options" You have a certain amount of stock that's set aside as yours but you don't technically own it and can't do anything with it until you've fulfilled your contract
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As far as whether stock has any value if you don't sell it, it's kind of funny that investing has become so speculative and future-oriented that we've lost sight of this, but stocks are eventually supposed to directly pay you money in the form of dividends
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The whole thing about stock not having value if you don't sell it is also why i get so frustrated with a lof of the billionaire talk. "Jeff Bezos could pay for US health care for a year" and shit. No he couldn't, his entire net worth is stock in a company, not liquid cash.
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