• Random_Character_A@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    For Elon to have Trillion dollars, wouldn’t it require everyone in western world to immediately sell their car and buy spaceX. Otherwise it’s just monopoly money.

    • rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      It’s extrapolated money. If a share is worth $130, and there are 7700000000 shares, then the company is worth a trillion dollars. But if all the shares we to be sold at the same time, almost nobody would buy them at the $130 price. Instead, the few who would buy these would do so at a near zero price, thus making the company be worth $0.

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        18 hours ago

        It’s almost like Bitcoin, only instead of the zero inherent value of Bitcoin, companies have a little bit of value behind the extremely bloated stock prices.