• plinky [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    i think majority shareholder might have some vested interest in the bonds not imploding though, as they are the last to get paid in that scenario.

    • Keld [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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      1 month ago

      You absolutely do have a vested interest in the stock doing well as a stock holder, but you don’t suffer 50% of the company’s losses.

      • InexplicableLunchFiend [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        1 month ago

        Your billions in stocks (that you paid for and bought) evaporate into nothing when the company goes bankrupt/collapses, so yes, it would entail the US government eating the losses.