• RubberDuck@lemmy.world
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      Profits go up if you don’t invest in your company but instead pay your shareholders. But at some point you atrophied your R&D so much you have fallen behind and then the question becomes, do you bleed it dry and sell it for parts, or revitalize by investing. And if revitalizing is still viable.

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          If you are a shareholder that gets the payout and make a profit… it sure is. For everyone else… Who are we kidding. Fuck everyone else.

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            And only if you’re an old shareholder that wants to cash out.

            Or a daytrader.

            Small time, long term holders that just want the company to be sustainable… Pfft.