Sorry, for strolling even more off topic, but your post cries out loud for some added comments:
Originally posted by falconeye …
Sounds paradox? No, it isn't. In order to optimize long-term shareholder value, you have to ignore short-term shareholder value. So, the most successful companies either aren't public (the famous German hidden champions who own large parts of their resp. world markets), have a family as shareholder, or have a policy to ignore their shareholders. Best then to not have more than 50% listed though
This is one of the reasons, why some of those companies, that are leading in their fields belong to foundations and not to any commercial entity (the Zeiss/Schott Foundation, the FAZ Foundation, Software AG etc., to name but a few) This is a highly successful modell. The ROI may be below some daring ventures, but it is solid over decades or, in some cases, centuries…
Originally posted by falconeye One way to improve the world financial system would be a rule that if you buy stock, you cannot sell earlier than after five years. Or pay a high tax. To buy stock for resale after 1 hour is not investment.
I would know some people, who would show some "interest" in your proposal
: Send it here: FDP-Bundestagsfraktion, Platz der Republik 1, 11011 Berlin
Originally posted by falconeye As for Siemens, you're right, they're earning their money elsewhere (medical, power plants, trains ...). But this doesn't mean they cannot succeed in areas closer to the end user. In fact, they really should to stay competitive as a whole.
Siemens, isn't that the "financial institution with some industrial appendix"? That's how I have become to know it. But quite successfuil in their financial investments.
Ben