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The stock market should be illegal. The fact that you can earn money from someone else’s work is fucked up to begin with and that doesn’t even factor in that you need disposable income to invest which effectively bans large groups of people
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Anonymous 3d

Agreed

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Anonymous 3d

Employees are sometimes paid in stock too. It should be more common

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Anonymous 2d

Stocks is ownership in a company, if you buy a stock you are entitled to earn some form of profit such as dividend

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3d

why not pay them with actual money tho

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3d

Except that only really happens with start up companies, and they usually pay either equity OR money, and if they do pay both, then they severely under pay in money. And generally, these situations don’t work out, the equity ends up being worthless because the company fails. That’s not investing, it’s gambling.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3d

Money depreciates with time, but stock can appreciate with time. Some studies show it increases employee dedication and sense of ownership. It also can leave them with more assets at retirement than a typical 401k

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3d

you can't buy food or pay rent with stock

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3d

Happens with big companies all the time. NVIDIA, Publix, W. L. Gore

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3d

Just like with a regular 401k, you can sell when you need money in retirement. While you’re working, you’re paid in cash too

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3d

less cash tho. if the stock goes down, what then? they just lose money? just pay employees, instead of gambling

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3d

No asset is free of risk, which is kinda fucked when you think about it. Cash: the government could demonetize the money at any time (see India’s 2016 demonetization, for example). Inflation fucks you too. USD has lost 10% of its value in the past year compared to other currencies Stocks: speculative, need to diversify, companies could go under at any time Bonds: pretty safe, but there’s always the risk that the government defaults

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3d

Gold and other precious metals: probably close risk free but I’m missing something. Generally not super liquid though, and you’d have to figure out how to store that

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3d

"no asset is free of risk" being your response to companies paying their employees with stock instead of actual money is telling. keep riding tho

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3d

Riding what? If you were paid in cash a year ago, the money you were paid with is now worth *less*. If you were paid in stock, it could be more. Or less. Every asset has risk. If you prefer cash you can always just sell at the end of your vesting period

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