Let's say that Company A wants to fend off a takeover by Company B, but the shareholders of the firm are
part owners of Company B and would prefer a takeover to bolster the value of Company B stock?
Additionally, a startup investor may decide instead of cashing out, to own shares and become
a part owner of the company.
For example if you buy the stocks of Chevron or Microsoft, it means that you are
a part owner of the company's investments in other countries.
This means that owning ICN makes you a shareholder, or
part owner of the company.
It's not clear what Wade will be paid, but it is clear that he is dead set on building a brand and will be
a part owner of the company.
With stocks, investors become
part owners of a company, albeit...
If you want to be
a part owner of a company, this can be achieved by buying the shares of the company.
That means that you are
a part owner of the company and you can partake in certain vital decision making such as voting for the appointment of members of board of directors and the company's external auditors.
The Value Investing approach is to view a stock as the means by which the shareholder becomes
a part owner of a company.
And as
a part owner of a company (that's really what a shareholder is), would you not expect your fair share of the growing profit a company generates?
You should really understand that company's business model and prospects before committing to becoming
a part owner of that company.
When I saw this product and read one reviewer's comment that Ellen Degeneres is
a part owner of the company, I had more confidence in this.
It's also a mutual insurance company, meaning that Dairyland's policyholders are
part owners of the company.
Being a mutual insurer means that customers who buy certain products, such as whole life insurance policies, become
part owners of the company and are entitled to a vote in board elections and share in any annual dividends.
If you are
part owner of a company, even if you believe the company will go on forever, the realistic forward looking business plan for most companies is maybe ten years, if that.
The DACs are truly a new business model as they are building decentralized companies in which the network participants are
part owners of the company.