Is Amazon’s Stock Price Justified? What It Means If It Is (2017)

Re:Is Amazon’s Stock Price Justified? What It Means If It Is... by gentleman11 on Saturday July 10, 2021 @01:02PM (#27794820)

Are stocks (and real estate) just an appealing store of value for wealthy people? Are changes in typical price to earnings ratios over time just a marker of inflation?

Edit: looks like the P/E ratio almost doubled in 2021 from 20-25 to 40-45. Is that just because revenues were down during COVID, or is it where all the stimulus spending ended up? https://www.multpl.com/s-p-500-pe-ratio/table/by-year

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Re:Is Amazon’s Stock Price Justified? What It Means If It Is... by heavyset_go on Saturday July 10, 2021 @01:14PM (#27794900)

We never really let up from the quantitative easing implemented a decade ago, with QE4 being conducted in response to the pandemic.

Interests rates are already low, and it seems like a conscious choice not to raise them because of the potential negative implications.

Everyone seems to be buying assets, whether financial or real, as a result.

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