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But there's no law that says prices must be based on standard financial analysis. You and I and a million other people might run away from Tesla's valuation bu
by ElProlactin 5mo ago
But there's no law that says prices must be based on standard financial analysis.
You and I and a million other people might run away from Tesla's valuation but that doesn't mean that the market must.
I think it's very obvious that the historical norms that governed and explained pricing in the stock market no longer apply, for better or worse. Between the massive manipulation of the markets by central banks to the rise of the retail investor (and social media, meme stocks, etc.), there are a lot of factors in play that weren't a thing 30 years ago.
- WalterBright 5mo agoPeople grossly undervalued the IPOs of Amazon and Microsoft.
- Teever 5mo ago“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.” -- Carl Sagan
- ElProlactin 5mo agoThe problem is, as an investor, you don't know whether you're looking at a genius or a clown when dealing with these types of powerful trends. Markets allow people to bet on it. So one would assume the author is taking the revenue from his $70/year subscriptions and shorting the bubble he sees (or at least positioning himself to do so).