The Long-Term Stock Exchange Opens for Business

Re:The Long-Term Stock Exchange Opens for Business by gogopuppygogo on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @09:27AM (#24420758)

Bezos was an investment banker.

Before he had the track record of long term development (only born from long term efforts) he knew how to speak Wall Street and had a track record on Wall Street.

Most CEO’s will never be capitalized like him for long term empire building so it’s hard to say there couldn’t be more Amazon sized successes out there if Capital was more accessible for longer term visions.

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Re:The Long-Term Stock Exchange Opens for Business by darkerside on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @09:31AM (#24420796)

This seems sensible. If you want the goodwill from your investors to make a long term bet like Amazon did, you need to explain it to them in terms they can understand. It's a language anyone can learn with sufficient training and experience.

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Re:The Long-Term Stock Exchange Opens for Business by jsdavo on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @09:37AM (#24420842)

Wait, I thought Bezos was a quant, not an investment banker?

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Re:The Long-Term Stock Exchange Opens for Business by hchz on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @10:28AM (#24421360)

He worked at bankers trust, but not as a banker, and then at a quant hedge fund, but not as a quant.

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Re:The Long-Term Stock Exchange Opens for Business by smabie on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @09:14PM (#24427889)

Bezos was never an investment banker.

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