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Jeff Gramm – Activist Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.01]

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy

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Is Shareholder Value Thinking a Mistake?

The idea of shareholder value is a fairly recent concept, but also potentially a fictional one. Shareholder value thinking causes corporate managers to focus myopically on short term earnings reports at the expense of long-term performance. It harms employees, customers, communities and causes companies to indulge in reckless, socially irresponsible behavior. And so i think it's important to run companies for the benefit of shareholders rather than just their own interests.

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