Kalshi court losses pile up as judges refuse to block state gambling laws

Re:Kalshi court losses pile up as judges refuse to block sta... by tzs on Friday November 06, 2026 @06:22PM (#50399876)

But when I buy stock it doesn't give money to the company. It gives money to the previous stock holder that I bought the stock from. From the company's perspective all that happened is that a small share of the company has changed ownership.

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Re:Kalshi court losses pile up as judges refuse to block sta... by deepsun on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:16PM (#50401553)

You probably talking about publicly traded companies: If you buy stock at IPO, direct listing or any other follow-on offering -- it goes directly to the company.

And the price you pay then already accounts for your future ability to resell your stock to anyone else later, stocks would valued way less if you could only sell it back to the company.

But also don't forget that public trading is only one market, there's also a huge market for private companies stocks. Those go directly to the company for its operations.

And I also haven't touched dividends.

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