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Re:The "Tourist" Investors Flooding Silicon Valley With Mone... by regeland on Saturday February 06, 2016 @08:42AM (#11047718)
The search for yield... a predicted consequence of 7 years of zero percent interest rates. Last time around it was investors seeking yields in low-quality mortgages. This time, they're investing in low-quality Silicon Valley startups. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_business_cycle_theory
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Re:The "Tourist" Investors Flooding Silicon Valley With Mone... by arbuge on Saturday February 06, 2016 @10:15AM (#11048035)
That would be somewhat ironic - startups have no profits for the most part, let alone dividends.
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Re:The "Tourist" Investors Flooding Silicon Valley With Mone... by S4M on Saturday February 06, 2016 @11:19AM (#11048291)
But they have growth...
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Re:The "Tourist" Investors Flooding Silicon Valley With Mone... by IkmoIkmo on Saturday February 06, 2016 @02:09PM (#11049210)
Capital gains is a yield.
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