Shareholders, Supersized : On Activist Hedge Fund Investors

The so-called activist investors flocking to Wall Street are major shareholders with hedge fund money, and they are using their clout to push around companies like Dell, Sony and Apple.

[ghaify]

In what way does buying back your own stock to satisfy the short term gain of investors contribute to the future investment in services and product, given that said investors are mobile with no allegiance to said company ?

[kiutpi]

Transforming from a Shareholder Supremacy model towards a multiple Stakeholder model (research Conscious Capitalism and B Corp) is going to put and end to these so called "Activists" BS. It will put them in their place and end this utterly selfish, greedy, and detrimental behavior in our society.