Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Apple Inc. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: slacker711 who wrote (149824)	2/7/2013 3:07:11 PM
From: Moonray	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213173

So, the obvious course is to hold onto huge amounts of cash to help avoid the possibility of a disastrous outcome. Do you not see a difference between having enough cash for this purpose and the $140 Billion AAPL has? o~~~ O

To: slacker711 who wrote (149824)	2/7/2013 3:19:47 PM
From: Kip S	5 Recommendations Respond to of 213173

The unfortunate (IMO) truth is that slacker is correct. I wish I could claim authorship of the following, but, alas, I cannot. It is way more true than untrue, though. A public company is public in the sense that its sells bits of paper called equity and accedes to the polite fiction that shareholders own the company. In reality, what the shareholders own is a ticket to ride on the ship that other have built, others navigate, others load, and others steer. Kip