that just seems unnatural to me, unless the company is misleading/hiding pertinent financial info, or acting maliciously..something to that affect. enron.
take this specific scenario below;
if a company is struggling to float in a rough economy, blazing a new trail, or entering a fiercely competitive environment, etc...
but NOT lying or hiding anything from all stakeholders (...not just shareholders), it’s bullshit that speculators can collude in attempt to force bankruptcy.
fair or unfair, can’t cry about it, bc it isn’t going away. can call it capitalism, but really its kinda bullshit. there’s million arguments to be made either way, i get it!
but in this specific case i laid out, the ‘short’ is not a stakeholder. rather an anti stakeholder..a parasite, a cancer.
it’s unreasonable, and a built in monopoly-enabling advantage for legacy competition.
i’m not anti-cap or anything.
i’m in a fiercely competitive market myself. not looking for free-bies. we stay ahead/alive thru innovation.
just saying that scenario about doesn’t seem right. sadly, don’t know a great solution. the market works pretty decently most of time