Cynthetiq

your first paragraph you and I are in agreement.

Your second, shareholders do get opporutnities to hear the CEO speak, interviews, speaker engagements to name a few. Note, the CEO is NOT on the Board of Directors. He answers to the BoD. The BoD makes decisions and directives for the CEO based on what the CEO brings to the board and what the board brings to the CEO.

Also, for public stocks there are shareholder meetings, you can call in and listen to all the people speak from the President of the BoD to the CEO. Every year the company files a 10K which lists what the company has done, what they are doing. Speculation is just that, it's gambling in more syllables.

The third paragraph, there is lots of publicly available information. Many resources that many do not utilize. Again, we agree on the accountabilty factor and trail. For me that is good enough. I have enough on my plate to worry about day to day. I elect representatives to deal with it for me in regards to public policy and government action. If they fail me, I vote for someone else.

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