Re:The age-old strategy of buying cheap shares is faltering
by n_io on Saturday September 19, 2020 @01:31AM
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The problem is tech companies aren't immutable to the laws of finance and human folly. Not every EV truck startup is going to become the next Tesla... yet people behave as though this is the case.
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Re:The age-old strategy of buying cheap shares is faltering
by skohan on Saturday September 19, 2020 @08:17AM
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To me those are the real signs of a bubble: NKLA's share price continuing to grow with a total lack of evidence the company is anything besides a complete fraud, or also ZOOM's share price spiking because people confused it with ZM (the actual ticker symbol for the video communication company).
If those aren't signs of a deeply irrational market, I don't know what are.
Re:The age-old strategy of buying cheap shares is faltering
by DataWorker on Saturday September 19, 2020 @11:37AM
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No mention of peloton? The big problem is the umbrella of “tech stocks” includes an increasingly diverse set of companies that have little in common. FANGs are an example. Movies, advertising, consumer electronics, online retail, but we talk of “tech” stocks being too high or low as a group. Microsoft is not peloton. Amazon is not zoom.
Re:The age-old strategy of buying cheap shares is faltering
by skohan on Saturday September 19, 2020 @12:20PM
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I think peleton is in a different class because at least they have a real product which people like to use, and good brand perception overall, but the valuation is also probably out of control.
Re:The age-old strategy of buying cheap shares is faltering
by WrtCdEvrydy on Saturday September 19, 2020 @10:04AM
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A lot of it will be FOMO.
Noone wants to miss out on the next Amazon because people are greedy.
Re:The age-old strategy of buying cheap shares is faltering
by grey-area on Saturday September 19, 2020 @02:34AM
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Tesla itself is priced just now as if it is the next tesla.
Re:The age-old strategy of buying cheap shares is faltering
by tonyedgecombe on Saturday September 19, 2020 @02:31AM
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I'm not sure Tesla is going to become the next Tesla.