Example: if I bought $100 share of ABC company and tomorrow it’s $90, I get that I would incur a $10 loss if I tried to sell it, but I don’t understand what happens to the $10 difference ABC company still has from me.
Edit: okay so in this scenario:
1. i bought the share from the issuer
2. there is a downturn and the s&p index is down by 3,000 points
The first people to hear that the market is about to drop went ahead and cashed out their $100 share back from abc, however I was not lucky and my share is now worth $90. Wouldn’t ABC company have my $10? All the companies listed on the index, they get to keep the difference of the value of what the share was yesterday vs. today. Sure, the equity part of ABC company got smaller, but they still keep the $10 difference should everyone come back and cash out their shares?
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The stock when you purchased it is like a ticket for an event, over time perhaps the value people would pay to go to the event goes up or down due to demand or perhaps up if there’s the chance something unique happens in a future show. The ticket, whether the current price has gone up or down still admits you to the event, it’s only if you were to resell the ticket to someone else would you see a gain or loss.
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