Varven@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-29 months agoWhat isn't illegal but should be?message-squaremessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down15
arrow-up188arrow-down1message-squareWhat isn't illegal but should be?Varven@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-29 months agomessage-square108fedilink
minus-squaretheksepyro@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoWhy wouldn’t companies just set themselves up as the exchanges in that scenario? I don’t think it would functionally change anything
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoI’m envisioning stock as a sort of non-transferable contract between you and a company. There would be no way to pass the stock to a third party.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoThe way it originally had value. You are loaning the company money and betting they are successful enough to pay you back with dividends.
Why wouldn’t companies just set themselves up as the exchanges in that scenario?
I don’t think it would functionally change anything
I’m envisioning stock as a sort of non-transferable contract between you and a company. There would be no way to pass the stock to a third party.
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The way it originally had value. You are loaning the company money and betting they are successful enough to pay you back with dividends.