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But they are doing an equity offering? Got it.


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Their shares irrationally have value on the market, issuing equity allows them to pay off more of their debts. Why shouldn’t they issue, it’s the company’s job to release accurate information, not to force the buyers to make wise decisions.

If someone offers you millions of dollars for your totaled car you’d be a fool not to take it, this is no different. Hertz management must be loving this.


If the company knows stock purchasers are making a bad decision it would be obvious negligence.

Only if they don't disclose the serious risks involved, which they do, right up front in the very first few sentences of the filing.

no, every broker has a lovely warning about the nature of sec regulations and financial instruments risk of losing value. Negligence is in the investors lack of due diligence. Its why publicly traded companies must publish financials and why cooking the books is illegal and fraudulent

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