Uber's billion-dollar losses expose the fragile state of the on-demand economy

Re:Uber's billion-dollar losses expose the fragile state of ... by hx87 on Friday September 16, 2016 @06:09PM (#12517735)

It also makes non-stupid investments cheaper, so all else being equal cheap money shouldn't increase the proportion of stupid investments.

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Re:Uber's billion-dollar losses expose the fragile state of ... by hughw on Friday September 16, 2016 @09:19PM (#12518588)

But it makes ordinary safe investments like bonds return unappetizing, even negative rates. So you can't put your billions in bonds. You look for high yield on something like Uber.

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Re:Uber's billion-dollar losses expose the fragile state of ... by rhizome on Saturday September 17, 2016 @03:09PM (#12521909)

so all else being equal cheap money shouldn't increase the proportion of stupid investments

All else isn't equal because it's not a free market. You can't just say "Oh, Uber looks good, I think I'll invest in them." It's not even rivalrous, it's simply private.

So, cheap investor money has to find an outlet some other way.

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Re:Uber's billion-dollar losses expose the fragile state of ... by kmonsen on Saturday September 17, 2016 @12:27AM (#12519113)

Not entirely true, with low rates bonds and banks are loosing to inflation so you "need" to invest in something.

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