This is basic I know but I can't really put my finger on why we invest other than hoping people pay more for it later. My understanding is that a company cashes out when they IPO, they sell some shares on the public market and that's their profit to use as they choose. And then potentially they keep some shares private and if that grows, they can sell those shares as well (or issue new ones from thin air). But other than that, after the IPO, it's mostly just other people changing hands of shares- why would a company care what it's stock price / valuation is?
Submitted September 08, 2021 at 10:17AM by -prooof https://ift.tt/3nfolUD
