Buying stocks of businesses does exceeding little to help said business. Only IPOs have much of a direct effect. There may be a vanishingly tiny effect on inve

Buying stocks of businesses does exceeding little to help said business. Only IPOs have much of a direct effect. There may be a vanishingly tiny effect on investment raising the price to enable future cash flow, but you'd have to be buying in large volumes to do that. On the other hand, being proactive in voting during AGMs can change a shady business into a legitimate one.