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minus-squareTriumph@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up36arrow-down2·14 days agoWhat the actual fuck is the point of non-voting shares apart from bailing out one massive douche?
minus-squaremysticpickle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·14 days agoSupposedly having those shares will entitle you to an equivalent share of the profits the next time they pay dividends
minus-squareCrimeIsLegalNow@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agohttps://stockanalysis.com/stocks/meta/dividend/ Annual dividend: 0.33% Meta investors just got defrauded.
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 days agoTheir value will still go up (or down) like any other stock. Voting only matters to people that have significant amounts of shares anyways.
minus-squareCrimeIsLegalNow@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoNot really true, for the fairly obvious reason that non voting shares are worth less and portfolio managers of whatever sort can vote on behalf of all the people they manage.
minus-squareCellery@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoDo you think the world is controlled by more than a few hundred influential people? ;)
What the actual fuck is the point of non-voting shares apart from bailing out one massive douche?
Supposedly having those shares will entitle you to an equivalent share of the profits the next time they pay dividends
https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/meta/dividend/
Annual dividend: 0.33%
Meta investors just got defrauded.
Their value will still go up (or down) like any other stock. Voting only matters to people that have significant amounts of shares anyways.
Not really true, for the fairly obvious reason that non voting shares are worth less and portfolio managers of whatever sort can vote on behalf of all the people they manage.
Do you think the world is controlled by more than a few hundred influential people? ;)