by that logic, amazon should just be selling books to make it easy for investors to make 'pure plays'
Re:Lyft Files for IPO
by kemitchell on Thursday December 06, 2018 @01:26PM
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I don't think public companies should be pure plays. But I don't think they should be portfolios, either. There's reason for both.
If you invest in a gold company, do you want them hedging the price of gold?
Some corporations function as diversified quasi-portfolios. But it's often far easier to analyze and model pure plays. Plenty of pure-play securities on public markets.