Truer Words Were Never Spoken

An unintentional piece of poetry closes out Professor Aswath Damodaran’s analysis of the Facebook – Whatsapp deal:

My experience with markets has been that no one has a monopoly on virtue and good sense and that the hubris that leads to absolute conviction is an invitation for a market take-down. To investors to view deals like the Whatsapp acquisition as evidence of irrational exuberance, remember that there are traders who are laughing their way to the bank, with the profits that they have collected from their social media investments. Similarly, for traders who view fundamentals and valuation as games played by eggheads and academics,  recognize that mood and momentum may be the dominant factors driving social media companies right now, but markets are fickle and fundamentals will matter (sooner or later).

Can’t argue with a single syllable of that.

Source:

Facebook buys Whatsapp for $19 billion: Value and Pricing Perspectives (Musings on Markets)

 

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