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maspaha

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3. I think it was our pal Reagan...
Thu Nov 30, 2023, 12:39 PM
Nov 2023

And his cult that opened the door to compensation by stock option and company stock buybacks. It’s obviously a way to short term artificially inflate stock price to advantage those exercising options. Before the conservative godfather, the practice was either strictly regulated or illegal.

Of course I took advantage of these opportunities at my previous employer, but I always felt it was a little dirty. Less dirty when the company was privately owed by the employees, but filthy dirty once it went public.

We’ll talk hypothecating stock another day

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