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>All the investors are looking for a quick buck. Nobody is willing to invest into the longer-term future anymore. that's a myth you are confusing liquidity wi
by fsckboy 1y ago
>All the investors are looking for a quick buck. Nobody is willing to invest into the longer-term future anymore.
that's a myth
you are confusing liquidity with other aspects of investing. name the biggest companies on the stock exchanges, they've been around for many years, and are expected to be around many more years. That's long term investing.
liquidity means that any particular investor can change their own personal priorities and get out of the long term play in the short term. You want to buy a house with your money, that's ok, the projects you've been invested in can soldier on without you.
if a new company with no track record of making money wants to tie up your investment while showing no results for a decade or more, you yourself would probably be unwilling to invest, because there are many alternative investments that give you liquidity and show results regularly.
- fxtentacle 1y agoI agree, it's about liquidity. But isn't building a company from the ground up always a pretty illiquid process? Until the company starts generating profits, your shares in a new start-up will always be hard to sell. But then, how can anyone finance a start-up that takes a bit longer to build than the usual web mitm or web advertising play?
- whiplash451 1y agoLarge investors have a balanced portfolio mixing short-term bets with longer term ones. Companies offering long-term prospects definitely fill a need.