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THE NAME OF THE GAME IS ACCRETIVE ACQUISITION.

Berkshire Hathaway did it to get Geico.

Disney did it to get Pixar.

Facebook did it to get Instagram.

Google did it to get YouTube.

Exxon did it to get Mobile.

GameStop is not going to print shares to the open market. That's a standard public offering dilution. Your slice of GameStop got smaller, you got nothing to show for it. You lose.

GameStop is going to print more shares to use in exchange for acquiring another company. Your slice of one company got smaller, but that company just acquired another company and you own both. You win.

A normal public offering is basically:

Give us money and we’ll print more shares.

That can absolutely hurt shareholders if the company just burns the cash on nonsense, executive bonuses, bad investments, or trying to survive another year.

An ACCRETIVE ACQUISITION is different.

ACCRETIVE ACQUISITION is:

Instead of asking investors for cash, we’re using our shares to buy another company.

So yes, there are now more shares in existence. Your percentage ownership gets smaller. But the company itself is now bigger because it owns another business too.

⭐People get way too focused on the number of shares and completely ignore what those shares bought.⭐

If a company doubles its share count but also acquires a massively profitable business, shareholders may actually come out ahead because the total company became far more valuable.

Simple example:

You own 1% of a company worth $1 billion.

Your stake is worth $10 million.

The company issues more shares to buy another company worth $2 billion.

Now maybe your ownership drops from 1% to 0.7%.

People scream:

“Dilution! We’re dead!”

The company is now worth way more than before because it owns both businesses.

Your smaller percentage of a much larger company can still be worth more money.

Also a friendly welcome and hello to all these brand new fElLoW iNvEsToRs who just showed up in the past 48 hours with their opinions 😂