As opposed speculator. "It's going up, i just know it." Or market makers, or technical analysts, or reading tea leaves...etc Value investor suggests you have v

As opposed speculator. "It's going up, i just know it." Or market makers, or technical analysts, or reading tea leaves...etc Value investor suggests you have valued the assets and have reason for thinking they are underpriced. Shareholders own the company's assets. Managers are their employees and are not owned any more than any employees or indeed humans are owned.