> market cap has proven over and over again to be kind of bogus how do you know when a competitor with a high market is failing? when its market cap... er, goe

> market cap has proven over and over again to be kind of bogus how do you know when a competitor with a high market is failing? when its market cap... er, goes down. i.e. market cap is the best measure we have of a company's future prospects. What you are seeing over and over is that the future is unpredictable.