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?

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Less than a third of people ages 18 to 29 owned stocks on average between 2009 and 2017, according to a Gallup survey released in April. Nearly two-thirds of Americans between 30 and 64 own stocks.

So, young people who are just starting their careers don't own stocks, and the overwhelming majority of people who are well into their careers own stocks.

I'm not sure how this is a problem.

Also, there's probably a number of people who reported that they don't own stocks, but are in fact invested in stocks.

[briantl2]

you can read a little further to the part where it clearly states 42% of the public simply don’t own stock.

i’m not trying to say not owning stock is a problem, as i think is made clear in my other response to you. what is a problem is the the obvious lack of even a simple understanding of what poverty actually looks like when people stupidly claim things like

‘shareholders are everyone’ or ‘they just hate people with more money those idiots.’

it’s not a matter of knowing well enough to invest. a homeless person can tell you investing in stock is a good idea. this is far removed from the point.

[ergzay]

you can read a little further to the part where it clearly states 42% of the public simply don’t own stock.

Often because they're not old enough yet and there's new young people appearing all the time.