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| Authored by: tinkerghost on Saturday, May 19 2012 @ 04:32 PM EDT |
Very few people invest money any more. Most people speculate on rising
stock/commodity prices rather than purchase stock with the intent of seeing a
return from the company's profits.
The issue is that most of the money transfers back & forth between
"investors" and is never used to actually DO anything. Apple's current
market cap is $30+B, yet Apple initially sold the same stock for a fraction of
the cost - the difference has been eaten up by speculators who's only hope of
profit is that the stock continues to go up.
What happens is that the speculators now need the stock price to go up to make
any money - up at any cost. Cutting R&D or otherwise ensuring that there
will be no future to the company is perfectly acceptable as long as it drives up
the stock price this quarter & the current stock holders can make a profit.
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You patented WHAT?!?!?![ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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- Eggsackerly - Authored by: Wol on Saturday, May 19 2012 @ 05:22 PM EDT
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 19 2012 @ 04:48 PM EDT |
"To induce mild deflation, it is only necessary for the central banks to
stop printing new money - or to print only enough to permit some replacement of
worn-out notes."
Paper currency is just a fraction of the money supply. Much of it is virtual.
See:
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