Downside Quote by John Gutfreund

On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world,

— Jack Welch

Most shareholders have little if any control over the companies in which they own stock, even if they own a million shares.

— Robert Kiyosaki

Never invest in a company without understanding its finances. The biggest losses in stocks come from companies with poor balance sheets.

— Peter Lynch

It is a tenet of my investment style that, on the subject of common stock investment, maximizing the upside means first and foremost minimizing…

— Michael Burry

There is no denying that downsizing can happen when a company receives private equity funding. It is unfortunate and hard on everyone who is…

— N. Robert Hammer

Everyone has the idea of owning good companies. The problem is that they have high prices in relations to assets and earnings, and that…

— Charlie Munger

Some shareholders believe it is all about price and a few people's pockets.

— Heather Bresch

Too many companies are running their business into the ground, I would argue, by being myopically short-term focused on the shareholder.

— Paul Polman

Excessive pay and rewards for failure are bad for shareholders, the economy and society.

— Chuka Umunna

Stock prices relative to company assets are no better at signaling the likelihood of future earnings growth than they were the day the Titanic…

— Timothy Noah

I think the biggest single issue is income inequity and what this is doing to the good old "American dream." This and corporatism -…

— George Saunders

Altruism, especially involving basic freedoms, can be what shareholders value most.

— Richard Grenell