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Companies can always issue new shares to dilute you (or in Apple's case, buy them back to reduce the number of shares)
by i0exception 5y ago
Companies can always issue new shares to dilute you (or in Apple's case, buy them back to reduce the number of shares)
- JMTQp8lwXL 5y agoCorrect, but the number of shares outstanding isn't infinite: it's always a fixed number. Just like there's a fixed number of square miles of land. And you can make and remove land. Lots of dredging along coastlines is done to make land. It isn't a great analogy and investment decisions should not be based on the concept.