Instead of moaning/groaning about what you can't control.......
Just when were you elected to do away with free speech???
Well, I did invest in a lot of stocks, and I did make money. Sure if I knew the future, and realized which stocks were going to go up, I could make a lot more, but no one does. You can only use your best judgment, and on average, investors will make the average return.
We could all improve on that if there were greater stockholder control, I think. Companies should be run for the benefit of their owners. That's the capitalist system. Management compensation should be set at levels that maximize the return to the stockholders, not the managers. Our economy would work a lot better if that were the case.