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A lot of these companies have very reasonable P/E ratios now. Microsoft is sitting at around 27, Apple 25, and Facebook 15. None of those strike me as "inflated". Those are normal values for the stock market (20-25). Are investors just panicking?
Presuming your experience in equities markets is within the last decade...
Historical average is more like 15 for SPX.
A lot of these companies have very reasonable P/E ratios now. Microsoft is sitting at around 27, Apple 25, and Facebook 15. None of those strike me as "inflated". Those are normal values for the stock market (20-25). Are investors just panicking?
A lot of these companies have very reasonable P/E ratios now. Microsoft is sitting at around 27, Apple 25, and Facebook 15. None of those strike me as "inflated". Those are normal values for the stock market (20-25). Are investors just panicking?
And all it took was the Federal Reserve raising the federal funds rate by less than 100 bps after a decade and a half of rock bottom rates. I have nothing more to add. I'm going to go outside and breathe some fresh air.
It's a great time to build, but probably not the best time for fundraising.
I work for non-tech generating 100million+ in revenue. Cushy job, fully remote, good pay and full autonomy with flexible hours working as an IC. I recently talked to a startup, similar pay, culture would be a better fit since it was mostly techies and I'm a nerd by nature.....but things just got awkward as soon as I asked about their revenue....they were bleeding money and I was told they were being acquired by a big…
caring about the business and its fundamentals is important beyond just slinging code.
A lot of these companies have very reasonable P/E ratios now. Microsoft is sitting at around 27, Apple 25, and Facebook 15. None of those strike me as "inflated". Those are normal values for the stock market (20-25). Are investors just panicking?
> Those are normal values for the stock market (20-25). Presuming your experience in equities markets is within the last decade... Historical average is more like 15 for SPX.
Whether the rate of growth will be as high as expected, that is the real question, and it is not a simple one or one you can easily wave off.
A lot of these companies have very reasonable P/E ratios now. Microsoft is sitting at around 27, Apple 25, and Facebook 15. None of those strike me as "inflated". Those are normal values for the stock market (20-25). Are investors just panicking?
Intel’s P/E is 7 right now. So, the other ratios do look inflated.
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