We're only going to invest our shareholders' money where we think they can get the kind of returns they expected when they invested their money with Exxon Mobil.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The disciplined approach to pursuing and selecting the most attractive investment opportunities continues to distinguish ExxonMobil. We are long-term driven, and we're patient. And we're not opportunity-constrained.
So if you want to know how Exxon Mobil can make $10 billion profit in 90 days, just look around. The whole world was built for them.
If you told Exxon or Lukoil that, in order to avoid wrecking the climate, they couldn't pump out their reserves, the value of their companies would plummet.
We can't bankrupt Exxon. But we can politically and morally bankrupt them.
Our criteria is that it's okay to invest in companies so long as they stop lobbying in Washington, stop exploring for new hydrocarbons, and sit down with every one else to plan to keep 80 percent of the reserves in the ground.
If you're the CEO of a publicly traded company, you're worried about quarterly returns.
There's a number of companies clearly that we wish we had invested in either at the early or at the moderate stage.
Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
We make a series of investments, some will pan out and some won't.
We're all shareholders. These guys below me, they see the CEO taking it easy, it's their money.
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