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Old 05-19-2007, 09:14 PM
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Default Re: ask Dcifrths...well, anything...about finance/mkts/ports that is.

Here is a n00b question that maybe you can answer.

As I understand it, a company goes public to raise capital.
Now let's say I buy 10% of the share so I'm basically owning 10% of that company. So how is it that some years after the IPO, the company can decide to "release more shares" to raise more capital. Surely that's not fair to the current shareholders because once they do that I own less than 10% of the company.
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