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<blockquote data-quote="JustTired" data-source="post: 303211" data-attributes="member: 10234"><p>I guess I didn't say what I meant. Sure, investment in the company is important. Before the stock went public, its' employees were its' investors. All had an interest in seeing the company moving forward and profitable. While those same people (for the most part) still are the majority holders of stock, there are now outside interests that hold stock. These outside interests have more to do with the stock price than those who have a vested interest. those on the outside not only want to make money on their investment.....they want to make it fast. If things aren't moving along fast enough for them, they dump it and move on.</p><p> </p><p>In the days when the company was private, they weren't affected by the whims of wall street. Stock prices climbed like clockwork (with a few exceptions) over the years. And while during those times the company was making sure that they were growing the business and being fianacially responsible, their people were still being treated more fairly than they are today. Remember a time when managers were allowed to manage? I do. Now, as a publicly traded company, they are jumping thruogh hoops to satify the outside investor. They may have maintained the voting stock inhouse....but they've lost ability to control the stock price. Of course by satisfying the outside investor, they keep their stock viable. </p><p> </p><p>I have yet to figure out what the advantage was to going public. As near as I can figure, there were those at the top that made out like a fat rat. Leaving those left behind to deal with the aftermath. Or maybe it was just an ego thing. They felt left out of the wall street crowd. Whatever the case, we've got what we've got. It's a lot harder to get that cat back into the bag than it was to let it out. </p><p> </p><p>JMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JustTired, post: 303211, member: 10234"] I guess I didn't say what I meant. Sure, investment in the company is important. Before the stock went public, its' employees were its' investors. All had an interest in seeing the company moving forward and profitable. While those same people (for the most part) still are the majority holders of stock, there are now outside interests that hold stock. These outside interests have more to do with the stock price than those who have a vested interest. those on the outside not only want to make money on their investment.....they want to make it fast. If things aren't moving along fast enough for them, they dump it and move on. In the days when the company was private, they weren't affected by the whims of wall street. Stock prices climbed like clockwork (with a few exceptions) over the years. And while during those times the company was making sure that they were growing the business and being fianacially responsible, their people were still being treated more fairly than they are today. Remember a time when managers were allowed to manage? I do. Now, as a publicly traded company, they are jumping thruogh hoops to satify the outside investor. They may have maintained the voting stock inhouse....but they've lost ability to control the stock price. Of course by satisfying the outside investor, they keep their stock viable. I have yet to figure out what the advantage was to going public. As near as I can figure, there were those at the top that made out like a fat rat. Leaving those left behind to deal with the aftermath. Or maybe it was just an ego thing. They felt left out of the wall street crowd. Whatever the case, we've got what we've got. It's a lot harder to get that cat back into the bag than it was to let it out. JMO [/QUOTE]
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