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Re:I froze the salaries of my executive team to benefit othe... by ForHackernews on Thursday May 16, 2019 @06:55AM (#19927787)
How does buying $500k worth of stock ("investing the money") stimulate the economy? Haven't I just purchased a paper asset from the seller? I guess you could argue that the seller who liquidated their position is now free to spend that cash on something productive.
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Re:I froze the salaries of my executive team to benefit othe... by formercoder on Thursday May 16, 2019 @07:50AM (#19928070)
That’s the argument for buybacks and dividends. If companies don’t have any NPV positive projects to take then the cash must go out to shareholders who do.
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Re:I froze the salaries of my executive team to benefit othe... by C1sc0cat on Thursday May 16, 2019 @12:31PM (#19930448)
Aside from the fact that companies need investors there is also the question of investing in IPO's etc.
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