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		hshdhdhehd 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nvidia takes $1B stake in Nokia They could buy with stock. They can do this limitless times each time an effective merger. The SP500 could merge into one company, regulation permitting.

flakeoil 3 months ago [–]

They can not, as Nvidia owns very little of its own stock.

It's the owners of the Nvidia stock who potentially could trade their Nvidia stocks for the other 230 companies stocks. But then they have no Nvidia stocks anymore, on the other hand.

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