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It'll be interesting to see who makes up the bulk of Twitter shareholders. If it's investors who would like to get a nice quick return on their investment and f
by Mountain_Skies 5y ago
It'll be interesting to see who makes up the bulk of Twitter shareholders. If it's investors who would like to get a nice quick return on their investment and free up funds to use elsewhere, the Board is going to incur their wrath. But if it's mostly investors looking for long term growth and they believe Twitter can provide that, this would be a way of creating stability.
The global economy is very volatile right now so it wouldn't be surprising if some investors weren't thrilled about the prospect of suddenly needing to find a new place to put their resources. But is Twitter itself really all that stable? Lots of new competitors are popping up, the reputation of the company is constantly taking a beating, and it doesn't appear to have much of a plan for generating stable cashflow, at least not at a level you'd want for its valuation.
I expect at least a couple of investors to speak up loudly in opposition to this plan but have no idea if they'll be the majority.
- bo1024 5y agoThis seems to be a rare situation where the externalities of the company are as big as the internalities. Investors with strong political preferences might take stances that conflict with their financial interest because of perceived political impact that Twitter has. Just a thought.