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Flipkart's valuation increased more then 1000x, then went down 27%. There's nothing catastrophic about that. Are journalists really this myopic or just eager f

• camillomiller 11y ago
  They might be even myopic, but you have to take into consideration the very strong narrative of perpetual explosive (unsustainable) growth thrown around by investors and company themselves. From a journalist standpoint every sensible correction to the mainstream narrative is always quite news worthy.
• adventured 11y ago
  It's about expectation and projection. You say 27% today. Tomorrow it's going to be 50%. The valuation adjustment problems in tech aren't over, they've only just begun. When the Shanghai Composite Index started falling over after China created a market bubble there, people said: it's up 150% in under a year, and now it's only down 20%, no need to worry. Well, now it's down 50% from that high - below where it was five years ago - and those people are no longer talking about it. It was never the initial drop that mattered, it was all about what was coming next, not what happened the day before.
• geodel 11y ago
  Well not catastrophic but I think they will be seriously constrained to raise cash at some frothy, unrealistic valuation.