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All companies go bust. Won't you lose all your money that way?
by superflyguy 8y ago
All companies go bust. Won't you lose all your money that way?
- Uberphallus 8y agoThat's why you don't put all your eggs in the same basket.
- swarnie_ 8y agoNot strictly true. Large traded S&P/FTSE companies are more likely to get bought out then fail outright.
- mulletbum 8y agoTo follow up this question: Isn't that just a gamble too? I buy a company at 10, it goes up to 20, should I get out? I think it will get to 30, the next day it goes to 2 and soon delisted. I can vouch, I have done this. I have no idea what I am doing.
- fred_is_fred 8y agoIf you buy at 10 and it goes to 20, sell half and play with house money if you are worried about it.
- lmm 8y agoNo, that's like saying all lineages die out; there's no reason a company shouldn't continue operating profitably indefinitely.
- superflyguy 8y agoWho mentioned "should"?
- jowiar 8y agoIn theory, companies pay dividends, and the price of a stock is effectively the time-discounted value of all future payments (including any final sale). Separating that from the “bitcoin” part of a stock’s price is, of course, the major question.