• @nomous@lemmy.world
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    14 months ago

    Are they buying directly from the company?

    Exactly, you guarantee you’ll buy shares of my company and I guarantee I’ll make decisions that benefit you.

      • @nomous@lemmy.world
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        14 months ago

        In this scenario the market maker and the briber are the same person.

        Market makers only need to be willing to buy like 100 shares, that’d be pretty trivial for people with resources.