See, that’s the thing, If I buy a stock for a dollar, and the price goes to 100

See, that’s the thing, If I buy a stock for a dollar, and the price goes to 100 dollars do I really have 100 dollars?
If I sell a stock that means the company no longer has the money to work with, or at least can no longer borrow against the value of the stock.
Well, one of the cabinet members just lost over a billion dollars in the market (It’s ok. He has more billions.). But in order to work for the administration he had to divest. (unlike the Pelosi’s). It cost him over a billion.