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Intrigue? The economy is teetering on recession. These companies understand macro trends better than anyone, and can plainly see what is coming. Now the play is
by forward1 3y ago
Intrigue? The economy is teetering on recession. These companies understand macro trends better than anyone, and can plainly see what is coming. Now the play is to protect the war chests they have amassed to weather the storm.
- riffraff 3y agoIf the companies understood macro trends they would not have hired just to fire everyone later when their growth plans didn't correspond to reality.
- forward1 3y agoTurns out macro trends change based on circumstances outside the control of any one company.
- riffraff 3y agoWhich is the point: large companies do not have more control over that than me and you, nor do they interpret them better, which is the same reason hedge funds generally trail index funds.
- forward1 3y agoHedge funds trail index funds? What a hilariously and confidently incorrect take. I guess that's why hedge fund managers have billions in assets and are paid millions of dollars, to deliver sub-market returns. Yep, makes total sense.