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		throwaway7ahgb on July 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Every company should be owned by its employees Capital markets has mostly two* components : Stocks and Bonds Investors don't need to own part of a company to buy a Bond, they just want to see good credit rating and yield. *VC is also part of capital markets but mostly private and such a small % of global investment.

nradov on July 25, 2024 [–]

New companies have no credit rating. Investors would never buy bonds sold by a new cooperative that needs a huge amount of capital to build a new semiconductor fab or something.

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