Facebook shareholders are getting fed up with Zuckerberg but can’t do anything

Re:Facebook shareholders are getting fed up with Zuckerberg ... by iaabtpbtpnn on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @06:01PM (#19686852)

In theory, the price of a stock reflects the market's expectation of future dividends. In practice, the market expects lots of things that aren't true.

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Re:Facebook shareholders are getting fed up with Zuckerberg ... by Gibbon1 on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @06:35PM (#19687031)

I've come around to the idea that stocks have an intrinsic value as collateral/store of value.

I saw that with a family that owned a condemned property. They couldn't rent it but they sure could borrow against the land price (ever rising) minus the cost of demo'ing the old building.

I also think stocks tend to keep up with/beat inflation and thus are better than cash as a store of value.

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Re:Facebook shareholders are getting fed up with Zuckerberg ... by dredmorbius on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @09:31PM (#19688009)

Bingo.

So long as asset value inflates, it's good for cash via loans. The moreso if asset inflation > nominal interest rates.

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Re:Facebook shareholders are getting fed up with Zuckerberg ... by umanwizard on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @07:29PM (#19687337)

The expectation doesn't have to be a certainty for this to make sense.

If there is an 0.01% chance of paying $10,000 dividend, or 100% chance of paying $1 dividend, the expected payout is the same.

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