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> I wish there were an alternative to the stock market where you invest for the long haul, and you cannot take your money out in x number of years. That exists
by kgwgk 6mo ago
> I wish there were an alternative to the stock market where you invest for the long haul, and you cannot take your money out in x number of years.
That exists already! People often complain as well when a company ends its golden years because of some economic hurdle and ends up being acquired by a bigger fish who is _not_ on the stock market.
- gwerbin 6mo agoIt's less about the company leaving the stock market and more about "Private Equity" often being a legalized embezzlement scam designed to suck the company dry and then dump its withered husk in bankruptcy court.
- laughing_man 6mo agoWhen that happens the current shareholders usually make out very well.
- QuiEgo 6mo agoIsn’t that just called a bond?