Editing Ralph Nader (section)

=== Finances ===
According to the mandatory fiscal disclosure report that he filed with the [[Federal Election Commission]] in 2000, Nader owned more than $3&nbsp;million worth of stocks and mutual fund shares; his single largest holding was more than $1&nbsp;million worth of stock in [[Cisco Systems, Inc.]] He also held between $100,000 and $250,000 worth of shares in the [[Magellan Fund]].<ref>{{cite journal
  | last = Tapper
  | first = Jake
  | title = Inside Nader's stock portfolio
  | journal = [[Salon.com]]
  | date = October 28, 2000
| url = https://www.salon.com/2000/10/28/stocks_4/
  | access-date = August 15, 2009}}</ref>
Nader said he owned no car and owned no real estate directly in 2000, and said that he lived on $25,000 a year, giving most of his stock earnings to many of the over four dozen non-profit organizations he had founded.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/19/us/nader-reports-big-portfolio-in-technology.html |title=Nader Reports Big Portfolio In Technology |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 19, 2000 |access-date=May 24, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?txtName=nader |title= Ralph Nader: Personal Finances |access-date=October 28, 2008 |publisher= [[OpenSecrets]] }}</ref>

Nader owns shares in [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] and believes the corporation should be paying shareholders a dividend.<ref name="Fox Business Amazon dividends">{{cite web|title=Ralph Nader calls on Amazon to issue dividends|url=http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/5712152040001/?#sp=show-clips|website=Fox Business| date=January 16, 2018 |access-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref> He also believes that there should be an "antitrust investigation" looking into the company's business practices.<ref name="Amazon business practices">{{cite web|title=Trump won't do anything about Amazon: Ralph Nader|url=http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/5760656275001/?#sp=show-clips|website=Fox Business| date=March 29, 2018 |access-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref>

Nader is also an [[Apple Inc.]] shareholder. In 2018, he wrote an open letter to [[Tim Cook]] criticizing Apple's $100&nbsp;billion [[Share repurchase|share buyback]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ralph Nader to Apple's Tim Cook: Use profits for worker raises|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ralph-nader-to-apples-tim-cook-use-profits-for-worker-raises/|access-date=May 13, 2018|publisher=CBS News}}</ref>