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Well, maybe not all - but you know what I mean (short term profits over long term sustainability)

• ponector 3y ago
  Isn't it what every shareholder wants? Then maybe not MBA is the cause
  • lxgr 3y ago
    I'm a shareholder of some companies, and I don't want short-term profits over long-term business growth, or even at the expense of human lives, both for ethical reasons and because it just seems like bad business sense, at least when accounting properly for all externalities. So, no, not every shareholder.
  • tw04 3y ago
    No? I plan on working 30-40 years - I just want my investments to grow throughout that time period so when I retire I can live off what I've earned. As best I can tell, the only people that want "growth above all else" are the top .01% who have enough money in the bank that they can make all of their income from buying and selling stocks, as well as the hedge fund managers that get a cut of the short-term profits. The average working-class folks that just put money into a 401k couldn't care less if this quarter is a record quarter - they care what their investment does over a much, much longer period of time.
    • ponector 3y ago
      Everyone from my circle are comparing year-to-year profitability of investment funds before new money allocation. I don't think it is true that <1% cares about short term gains.