Re:Stock Market Returns Are Anything but Average
by kgwgk on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:35PM
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Essentially they create them as they go.
Total shares outstanding plus outstanding stock awards:
Dec 2011 : 468 million
Dec 2012 : 470 million
Dec 2013 : 476 million
Dec 2014 : 483 million
Dec 2015 : 490 million
Dec 2016 : 497 million
Dec 2017 : 504 million
Dec 2018 : 507 million
Dec 2019 : 512 million
Dec 2020 : 518 million
Total shares outstanding plus outstanding stock awards:
Existing shareholders lose 1% per year.