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IcaroRibeiro on 18 May 2022
deerox said:
IcaroRibeiro said:

People are so dramatic

They can buy as much shares as they want, Nintendo is public traded. If you don't like how open market works, don't support free traded companies, that's all

So if i'm not a of fan of every stock purchase that ever happens I shouldn't be buying any products from a publicly traded company? That's an insane mentality.

If you start to get upset over stocks from mega corporations being brought and sold, that's when you will truly get insane

Boycotting is the only thing you can do if you don't want to support the shareholders. Or you can buy their stocks instead, if you have the money 



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psychicscubadiver on 18 May 2022
Eagle367 said:

Sauds know the age of oil isn't gonna last that long so they are getting their grubby little hands in all sorts of places around the world. I hope the sauds fall and then a democratic people's republic of Arabia can have all these shares in different nations. Sadly don't see any indication of that happening soon.

Yup, the writing's on the wall. Increased oil prices are forcing countries into investing in other energy sources and Saudi Arabia is well aware that their days of relying on huge oil profits are numbered. It's funny because they are making some solid investments. It's just a shame that they're the ones doing it. Oh well, silver lining this may bolster my stocks in Nintendo.



Eagle367 on 19 May 2022

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The_Liquid_Laser on 19 May 2022

FYI, if you look into the largest stock holders of many publicly traded companies you will find banks, because banks are looking for a place to invest their money. The stock market is a natural place where large financial entities look to invest. Well, the Saudi government is also a large financial entity, so they are buying stock in publicly traded companies, like Nintendo, because they need to invest their money somewhere.



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deerox on 19 May 2022
IcaroRibeiro said:
deerox said:

So if i'm not a of fan of every stock purchase that ever happens I shouldn't be buying any products from a publicly traded company? That's an insane mentality.

If you start to get upset over stocks from mega corporations being brought and sold, that's when you will truly get insane

Boycotting is the only thing you can do if you don't want to support the shareholders. Or you can buy their stocks instead, if you have the money 

I don't really  care about them owning 5%. I'm just worried that this is just the beggining and that they are planning to buy a bigger controlling share in the future.

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IcaroRibeiro on 19 May 2022
deerox said:
IcaroRibeiro said:

If you start to get upset over stocks from mega corporations being brought and sold, that's when you will truly get insane

Boycotting is the only thing you can do if you don't want to support the shareholders. Or you can buy their stocks instead, if you have the money 

I don't really  care about them owning 5%. I'm just worried that this is just the beggining and that they are planning to buy a bigger controlling share in the future.

Considering they own soccer teams in Europe I don't really see the issue with them owning gaming companies. It's not like they will compromise the core business, they are investing to get profits, not different as any big head bank or holding owners 



rapsuperstar31 on 19 May 2022
SegaHeart said:
deerox said:

I don't really that care that about them owning 5%. I'm just worried that this is just the beggining and that they are planning to buy a bigger controlling share in the future.

That's what they did to SNK, they bought like 5% I think in 1 year ago then bought 90% of SNK this year.

Not that Saudi Arabia doesn't have the money, but the controlling stake in SNK was less money than buying 5% of Nintendo.  It would take one hell of an offer for Nintendo to allow someone else to buy a controlling stake in its company.



IcaroRibeiro on 19 May 2022
deerox said:
IcaroRibeiro said:

If you start to get upset over stocks from mega corporations being brought and sold, that's when you will truly get insane

Boycotting is the only thing you can do if you don't want to support the shareholders. Or you can buy their stocks instead, if you have the money 

I don't really  care about them owning 5%. I'm just worried that this is just the beggining and that they are planning to buy a bigger controlling share in the future.

Your worries will eventually become a reality. Better starting to accept it 



IcaroRibeiro on 19 May 2022
Shadow1980 said:
IcaroRibeiro said:

People are so dramatic

They can buy as much shares as they want, Nintendo is public traded. If you don't like how open market works, don't support free traded companies, that's all

Well, I'm a socialist, so I believe that Nintendo's employees should be the ones who own the company, collectively and equitably (note that I'm a "co-ops instead of corporations" socialist, not a "state-owned central planning" socialist).

That being said, there ought to be some sort of provision to keep authoritarian governments with a record of serious human rights abuses from buying stock in companies. There are certain other circumstances where someone can be banned from buying stocks, so why not add "conducting public summary executions for adultery or homosexuality" and "committing war crimes" to the list?

Bold 1: Great

Bold 2: This is an elegant solution, however for this to work we would need a collective rule that apply to like every stock exchange, if you block Saudis to buy in one market they will just go to invest in another. And even if you block the Saudi state itself, we still have no power to block their richest elite (the ones profiting from the country oil) to buy stocks elsewhere and keep investing in their own state regardless of any state block, because Arabia is a absolutist monarchy and is privated owned by a bunch of oligarchs, they have no intention to see the government that allow their oil exploration come to and end 



deerox on 19 May 2022
IcaroRibeiro said:
deerox said:

I don't really  care about them owning 5%. I'm just worried that this is just the beggining and that they are planning to buy a bigger controlling share in the future.

Your worries will eventually become a reality. Better starting to accept it 

What makes you think that?