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by Wowfunhappy 1150 days ago
But the question remains, what exactly are you buying, and how is it tied to the actions of the company? This has long confused me as well with regard to non-voting shares.
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you are buying a piece of future cash flows from that company, discounted based on risk of realizing those cash flows
The context was non voting, no dividends shares. So where is the future cash flow? Genuinely also curious.