Recent comments in /f/dataisbeautiful

pale_blue_dots t1_j2xmq48 wrote

I want to know my vote counts in the quarterly voting.

You don't find it odd that there's too many votes in almost all corporate elections/votes? And there needs to be a reduction of votes made in an arbitrary way? The entire course of a company's trajectory can be changed that way.

I don't want my shares lent out multiple times in various schemes.

I guess you don't. Ok, that's really naive and short-sighted - and counter to competent due diligence and wise investing, in my opinion, but that's on you.

>But that knowledge has little to no real value

That's not your decision to make for people and it's folly and ridiculously idiotic for you to assert otherwise. Apparently lots of people find it valuable.

This is financial education and information that should be common-knowledge and it isn't.

People always complain about no one having enough financial knowledge/education - well here's some.

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PickleMan1212 t1_j2xlrz0 wrote

Africa sucks at controlling the HIV virus. Africa sucks at growing food. Only in Africa do millions of people starve to death frequently. But they got pyramids, gorillas, zebras, more treasures. And thank you African miners for my iPhone. Apple is insanely corrupt with a great PR firm!!

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AftyOfTheUK t1_j2xja5k wrote

> It's really not that difficult to understand.

He has understand it. I have. We have.

There is no substantial benefit to using direct registration. There is also no substantial risk or negative impact to not using it.

It's just a meme at this point paraded around by the sad remnants of the WSB crowds who want to be revered by other people for their knowledge.

But that knowledge has little to no real value, which is why the GP suggested it is noise, and why anyone reasonable should tune it out.

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