• jsomae@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    I agree that selling a $100 stock doesn’t hurt the company $100 – but it does hurt them some amount between $0 and $100 which I don’t feel qualified to calculate. The ultimate reason that stocks go down is because people sell.

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      3 days ago

      After the stock is sold by the company it’s completely disconnected. No money to or from the company, no message sent. The only way it’ll hurt them is if they try another offering where they sell new shares and the stock price is low, which will be announced beforehand. Or if they want to buy them back, which probably won’t happen.

      Keep the shares or sell them. GS won’t care.

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        3 days ago

        I agree they won’t care about 1 stock, but the board absolutely cares if many people start selling below what they believe to be market value