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Looking at stock price is a poor indicator of performance, it's too tied to market sentiment. Remember when Elon Musk smoked that joint and Tesla stock took a 1
by zeroname 8y ago
Looking at stock price is a poor indicator of performance, it's too tied to market sentiment. Remember when Elon Musk smoked that joint and Tesla stock took a 10% hit? It's all nonsense.
Look at revenue, look at earnings per share. Steady growth for Ballmer across his tenure. He did a good job.
- gesman 8y agoAs a shareholder (disclaimer: i am not) I'd rather have stock rising with bad numbers than stock stalled with good numbers. Having said that, my hands are itching to (disclaimer: i am not financial adviser) buy leap puts on TSLA.
- zeroname 8y agoThat's because you'd rather reap the benefits of market irrationality than solid business fundamentals. Admittedly, that attitude has worked well in the past ahem fifteen years. The thing with irrationality is that it's hard to predict. The people that make the right bet get hailed as genius visionaries, the losers are simply forgotten. A good CEO is not a gambler, they're consistent and they can execute, but alas that's not good material to dramatize in the media.