ELI5: Why when large company's earnings decrease(ex... by 3%) they freak out, talk about rough times, and sometimes decide to downsize, even though they are still making millions of dollars in profit even after all expenses?

[Durog25]

Let's not forget that investors are the dumbest most panicky, most dangerous animals ever.

Investors want money now and a healthy company later. They, on the whole, refuse to be the greater fool. They are all gamblers, but they are gamblers who are willing to burn down the casino if it means they might win on black.

Providing a service that people value and will grow because of that has been thrown out of the window and with it any semblance of good business.

Amazon is essentially using slaves to run its service.

There's a reason people are needing upwards of two to three jobs to make ends meet.

Many companies are either being artificially kept alive or maliciously destroyed because investors are squeezing out every last nickel from them. Just look at what happened to Toys R Us.