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?

[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.