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Re: polite_pessimist post# 95122

Tuesday, 09/15/2009 11:09:22 PM

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 11:09:22 PM

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Many people forget what they are buying when they buy stock in a company. One share of any company is a potion of control of a company WHILE you own it. It begins the moment you own it to the moment you sell it. It has no memory and does not care what its worth once was or what it will be, but only what it is worth RIGHT NOW.

The fact that you haven't owned for as long as me has no inherent difference on what you deserve based on the current or future price. If you time things better than me...you can realize a better gain in a far shorter time frame...but the share is still simply a share.

Some have argued that the price (not value) of a share is NEVER wrong. It is based on all of the factors that economists study...and some of the factors that we see and hear about. Market manipulation affects price artificially,...yet the price is the price. Based on this...it is safer to say that Maniupulation is value manipulation.

So...you would get paid as much as me in the event of a settlement (all other things being equal) because the settlement has not affected the PPS yet. If/When a settlement is announced and enacted, you and I will benefit in the same way because we both hold these "shares". They have no memory...and don't care about those who hold them...or when they were bought.

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