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Here's a puzzling question: Why are stocks at record highs despite looming tariffs? (text.npr.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Pro@reddthat.com to c/stocks@lemmy.world
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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The stock market is very old and easy to manipulate. It has to go, but what would be a solution?

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It just needs some adjustments to make it less like a casino and more like you own part of a business:

  • Profitable companies must pay at least a mandated percentage of that profit in dividends to stockholders each quarter.
  • No more day trading. If you buy a stock you cannot sell it for a year.
  • Stockholder votes are binding. None of this “we’ll take it under advisement” nonsense.
[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Ah yes, what we need to do is give more power to investors whose sole motivation is "line must go up".

The disconnect between service and profit is the problem, not lack of control.