Damus
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Something to consider:

The Deadly Sin: Greed

Are you aware of what a P/E is?

It’s the price you pay times the earnings. So, a 20PE is 20x the annual earnings of a stock.

Why would anyone ever pay 20x the annual earnings of a stock.

That’s 20 years of holding just to break even!

What if your population is declining? Well then, odds are your stock will have to decline! You’ve certainly paid to much.

Ah, but what if greedy boomers import infinity illegals and infinity street shitting Indians!?


Ah, then the number can go up!


Today, everything must serve all encompassing greed.

The number must go up, your erasure be damned.
#asknostr
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CarteBlanche · 5w
And that’s earnings, not profit.
Owen Gregory · 5w
Okay, run with your thinking and let me buy that asset at 20xE. I’ll receive annual growth or dividends for twenty years and have a potentially more valuable asset to sell thank you very much! Spread your word!
N of 1 · 5w
Because a stock price is the present value of people’s estimation of a firm’s earnings in perpetuity. High price to current year earnings is just an indicator that people think earnings have a great deal of growth potential. It’s not the most robust metric because it compares an estimated fina...