>> pump up the stock value now even if they're bad for the company in the long run I agree this was the main reason for Dell to become private allowing them t

>> pump up the stock value now even if they're bad for the company in the long run I agree this was the main reason for Dell to become private allowing them to concentrate on long term and i think they have done better as private company than public earlier. I wonder if it is possible only have retail investor as shareholder who does not care much about strategy as long as they get dividend and stock price kind of keeps a phase rather than always going up.