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[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I'm envisioning stock as a sort of non-transferable contract between you and a company. There would be no way to pass the stock to a third party.

[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Then how would the stock have any value?

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The way it originally had value. You are loaning the company money and betting they are successful enough to pay you back with dividends.

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