Michael Dell Gets $12B Richer with Break from Public Eye

Re:Michael Dell Gets $12B Richer with Break from Public Eye by tryptophan on Saturday January 19, 2019 @12:26PM (#18948023)

Wow. No.

Its only appropriate to compare returns against the sp500 if you are taking on exactly the same amount(and type) of risk as the sp500.

By this bad logic, bonds are a terrible investment and nobody should ever buy them because the s500 is better.

Same goes for owning private companies, although it is murkier to see.

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Re:Michael Dell Gets $12B Richer with Break from Public Eye by syrgian on Saturday January 19, 2019 @12:33PM (#18948069)

That's probably his point. Bonds have less return than shares because they have less risk.

A single company is always going to be riskier and more volatile than the sp500.

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Re:Michael Dell Gets $12B Richer with Break from Public Eye by alasdair_ on Saturday January 19, 2019 @02:29PM (#18948709)

There are many single companies with a lower beta than the sp500.

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Re:Michael Dell Gets $12B Richer with Break from Public Eye by asdfasgasdgasdg on Saturday January 19, 2019 @12:32PM (#18948064)

To be fair, it seems like Dell took a larger risk than the typical S&P 500 investor. So I think it would be fair to say his performance is even worse than that naive comparison would suggest.

I wouldn't necessarily characterize Dell as an idiot though. :)

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