Is Jeff Bezos the world's most successful con artist?

Discussion in 'Stocks' started by Ash1972, Jan 17, 2014.

  1. cmb

    cmb Guest


    So those same investors who bought shares in 2003 for under $20 are unhappy with your investment? Scrolling back a few years it seems that their investment has paid off pretty well.
     
    #11     Jan 17, 2014
  2. 1414 PE ratio. I mean, come on.

    This should tell you all you need to know about the stock and the market. And the sad thing is this stock will go higher.

    During the next recession, which I suspect will be caused by FED's tightening of the monetary policy, well, this baby will crash to double digits.
     
    #12     Jan 17, 2014
  3. FXforex

    FXforex

    Would you buy or sell based on this 5 year chart?

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    5 Year Chart





    SPOILER ALERT

    That is a vertically flipped chart of AMZN to get a different perspective and not knowing the ticker will eliminate all noise and preconceived notions of the stock, in this case Amazon. The chart is showing a down trend so the natural answer is to SELL, so that would be a BUY for AMZN since the chart is flipped vertically.

    I started a thread on the subject here: Would you buy or sell based on this chart?
    More info at Wikipedia: Confirmation Bias
     
    #13     Jan 17, 2014
  4. Remember that Ash is the ultimate bear.
     
    #14     Jan 18, 2014
  5. Ash1972

    Ash1972

    Yes, along with John Hussman and Marc Faber, I am probably the last bear standing.

    I can only conclude that the average age of the posters here is about 22? i.e. you were all school kids during the last dot com bubble.

    The sort of arguments I'm hearing to justify these googoo valuations is pure Dot Comedy.
     
    #15     Jan 18, 2014
  6. Ash1972

    Ash1972

    You are talking about momentum trading, which is fine, but completely unrelated to my question.

    I was discussing the topic of highly regarded 'businessmen' touting hot air as if they have invented the cure for cancer, ageing, baldness and hangovers all in one pill.

    There are a lot of snake oil pushers doing well right now, but Bezos is the ultimate <i>artiste</i>. He takes things one order of magnitude higher. I mean, no damn profits in 16 years? Sheesh almighty.

    Simple question: would Warren Buffet ever dream of putting a single dollar into a shell game like this?
     
    #16     Jan 18, 2014
  7. Ash1972

    Ash1972

    You know I have a Wired article from 1999 in which a journalist said that word for word :)
     
    #17     Jan 18, 2014
  8. Worked for AMZN, EBAY, and PCLN.
     
    #18     Jan 18, 2014
  9. ElCubano

    ElCubano

    and in 1999 that stock was trading between 50 and 100. So looking back he was 100% correct.
     
    #19     Jan 18, 2014
  10. Ash1972

    Ash1972

    Yah but you are forgetting that spot of bother in between, no?

    The sort of bother we might just be about to see again..
     
    #20     Jan 18, 2014