i'm sure you know this, but when you invest in a company, you are actually just buying shares off of some other investor - the money doesn't go 'to' to company

i'm sure you know this, but when you invest in a company, you are actually just buying shares off of some other investor - the money doesn't go 'to' to company (except in IPOs and secondary offerings). of course the stock price can affect a company in some pretty important ways.