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Re:Amazon.com Announces Second Quarter Sales Up 20% by mythz on Thursday July 25, 2019 @09:34PM (#20531594)
Shareholders own companies and a rising stock price benefits shareholders who elect the board members that run said company, a falling stock price isn't in anyone's interest who are invested in the company.

It does help with M&A, raising capital, employee stock options + bonuses.

It's rare, but sometimes you'll hear company Investors saying that their stock price is too high, like Zoom's CEO [1].

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-18/zoom-vide...

Re:Amazon.com Announces Second Quarter Sales Up 20% by nicoburns on Friday July 26, 2019 @01:55PM (#20536781)
Good point. This is why we need to reduce the amount of control shareholders have over company boards!
Re:Amazon.com Announces Second Quarter Sales Up 20% by mythz on Friday July 26, 2019 @02:05PM (#20536883)
You think owners should have no control over what they own?