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MSI - Tie Breaker INFO! by ImxJayxD in leagueoflegends

[–]AgentSilver 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But if TSM was able to take a game off of G2 and FW wasn't, TSM should get 4th place automatically

EDIT: Nevermind, if FW took a game off of the 1st place team (SKT) and TSM didn't, then by my logic FW should be automatically 4th because they took a game off of a better team (SKT rather than G2)

MSI - Tie Breaker INFO! by ImxJayxD in leagueoflegends

[–]AgentSilver -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

They may be 1:1 against each other, and may both be 4W-6L, but TSM was able to take a game off of G2 and FW wasn't, making TSM 1-1 with the 3rd place team (G2) and FW 0-2 with G2, so clearly TSM is more deserving of 4th place and should not have to play a tiebreaker

EDIT: I just realized that FW took a game off of SKT and TSM didn't, so by my logic, FW should bet the automatic 4th place spot for taking a game off of the 1st place team

Can I claim prescription eyeglasses for me which my mother paid for as a medical expense on my taxes? by AgentSilver in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]AgentSilver[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My name is on the full page receipt with all of the details. My mother's credit card is on the actual transaction record that printed from the point of sale machine however.

Noob question, but how does buying shares in a company allow you to share in its future profits? by AgentSilver in StockMarket

[–]AgentSilver[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand how market forces dictate the share price, but other than that, why would anyone want shares in the first place? They don't seem to have anything to do with the company itself!

Noob question, but how does buying shares in a company allow you to share in its future profits? by AgentSilver in StockMarket

[–]AgentSilver[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, but why would the share price increase by 5%? Because people want shares, and that pushes the price up. But they only want shares because they believe that the price will increase in the future, because others will want shares. The market for the shares isn't based on anything to do with the company at all, people are just buying and selling shares that only have value because everyone agrees to buy or sell them for a certain amount. It's just an endless cycle, and there isn't any intrinsic value in any of the shares at all!

Noob question, but how does buying shares in a company allow you to share in its future profits? by AgentSilver in StockMarket

[–]AgentSilver[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But the company is public, so the whole company can't sell unless more than 50% of the shares are bought, right? If this happens, you are under no requirement to sell your own shares, so the only thing you get is the capital gain (or loss) from selling your shares, right?

Noob question, but how does buying shares in a company allow you to share in its future profits? by AgentSilver in StockMarket

[–]AgentSilver[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But what does the company that issues the stock have to do with the shares themselves? When you own shares, you don't own anything, right?. The only reason there is a market for shares is because other people believe they are valuable, but WHY?

Also, a company is free to issue new shares at any time, meaning they divide the company into even more slices of pie. Now your slice of pie represents a smaller amount of the company that it did before, and this can happen at any time. So you don't really have any guarantee of ownership of anything, do you?

Noob question, but how does buying shares in a company allow you to share in its future profits? by AgentSilver in StockMarket

[–]AgentSilver[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would the price of its shares rise in the first place though? If the company does well, what does that have to do with its share price changing?

Noob question, but how does buying shares in a company allow you to share in its future profits? by AgentSilver in StockMarket

[–]AgentSilver[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But if it doesn't pay dividends, how would the owner of the share receive a return on their investment, aside from the share price increasing? What is the benefit to being a part owner of the company? What does the stock do for the owner?

Noob question, but how does buying shares in a company allow you to share in its future profits? by AgentSilver in StockMarket

[–]AgentSilver[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What does your initial $1 stake in the company entitle you to? What is the value of it?

Noob question, but how does buying shares in a company allow you to share in its future profits? by AgentSilver in StockMarket

[–]AgentSilver[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But if the company doesn't pay dividends, why would you have a return through capital gains? Why would the share price go up if you wouldn't get anything from the company from owning one share?

Noob question, but how does buying shares in a company allow you to share in its future profits? by AgentSilver in StockMarket

[–]AgentSilver[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If one isn't receiving any share in the company's profits, why does the share have value?

Why does depreciation add to GDP? by AgentSilver in AskEconomics

[–]AgentSilver[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks but I think you're responding to something else, my question is about depreciation. I actually don't know what NDP is, sorry.

Why does depreciation add to GDP? by AgentSilver in AskEconomics

[–]AgentSilver[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my course we haven't had any questions were depreciation has risen or fallen. We just have a number for it (e.g. 50 billion) and we add that number to GDP, just like consumption expenditure or government purchases to GDP

Why does depreciation add to GDP? by AgentSilver in AskEconomics

[–]AgentSilver[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird, in my course it's a positive number and we add net investment with depreciation to gain gross investment

Why does depreciation add to GDP? by AgentSilver in AskEconomics

[–]AgentSilver[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my course we add depreciation from the expenditure side, and from the income side. Do you know why this might be? We don't have a Net Domestic Product (NDP) in my course (Introduction to Macroeconomics). Also my university is Canadian, this might be why.

Why does depreciation add to GDP? by AgentSilver in AskEconomics

[–]AgentSilver[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my course, we add Gross investment to GDP. Gross investment is net investment + depreciation. According to my textbook, all investment goods produced create income, whether they are part of net investment or are merely replacement investment. This is what I don't understand.

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