News this week that inflation eased more than expected in October solidified the view that the Federal Reserve is done with its most aggressive rate-hike campaign in four decades.

And that could be a boon for the stock market and your 401(k).

  • Flying Squid
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    1211 months ago

    When tech companies that have never made a profit are still being traded for significant amounts of money per share, I’d call it imaginary numbers.

      • Flying Squid
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        911 months ago

        “I’m confident that this company that has never made money will make money someday, so I’m going to pay $30 a share for it” still sounds like it’s imaginary money to me.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 months ago

          That’s because you don’t understand how new and growing companies work. You don’t show a “profit” if you invest your revenue back in the company.

        • @iopq
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          111 months ago

          No, it’s called expected value. Amazon never made a profit for decades until it did.

          • girlfreddy
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            311 months ago

            Bezos opened Amazon in 1994, took it public in '97 and in 2003 it earned its first full-year profit. So 9 years to be exact.

            source and source

            • @iopq
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              011 months ago

              I mean the fact that it didn’t have a profit for many years after that. Until 2017 it was essentially 0 profit because Bezos kept reinvesting the money back into the business

    • @Poayjay
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      511 months ago

      I prefer potential money. Still imaginary, but “could be” money.