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0 pointssgt1016y ago0 comments

>If you have to sacrifice long-term stability for short-term growth, you're misreading the landscape

Or eyeing your bonus pot and the golf course / opera house.

Shareholders are holding for 3-6mths, executive incentive is aligned to those time spans.

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Most shareholders are interested in holding for more than a year because they get 7-10% more money for free due to tax incentives.

But regardless there are many kinds of investors. The bottom feeders interested in 3-6month time spans are just one of them.

sgt101OP6y ago

This is so for retail investors. I do not think it is so for funds.

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Most shareholders are interested in holding for more than a year because they get 7-10% more money for free due to tax incentives.

But regardless there are many kinds of investors. The bottom feeders interested in 3-6month time spans are just one of them.

sgt101OP6y ago

This is so for retail investors. I do not think it is so for funds.

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