> It's like the two guys who buy a truckload of 500 watermelons for
> $1.50 each and find they can't sell them at $2 so they reduce the
> price to $1.50 and sell out the whole truckload. So they buy
> more and reduce the price to $1.25. One guy says "we ain't
> making any money." To which the other replies "I know, I think we
> need a bigger truck."
>
> George
And then the investors come in, and offer to buy part of the business
so they can buy that rented truck and several more?
Sometimes you wonder about the securities analysts and professional
stock brokers, don't you? I guess they don't see quite as clearly as you
do, George.
Once upon a time, probably a few decades ago, I read a story about
tulips in The Netherlands. It was in a book titled "Manias, Panics, and
Crashes". There were a lot of stories like that in there. I think more
investors should read that book. It is probably out of print, so try your
public library. (Yes, hardcopy, wood, no batteries, and lasts for
decades, if not centuries.)
The future is getting to look more like the past every day. Reality
is. And sooner or later, that little fact sinks in to the collective
consciousness again, much to the discomfort of those unable to pass the bag
on to a greater fool.
That said, Amazon might win if it drives everyone else off the net,
and raises prices to make up for past losses... But that would likely be
admitting that today's actions are dumping; and, if deep enough is
illegal.
Oh... how so many pursue that holy grail of monopoly... when good
business is simply having a decent product at a decent price so that you
can make a decent profit. And if you can't, then find something else
decent to sell where you can sell at a decent price to make a decent
living. If more people did that, we'd have fewer stock brokers, fewer
lawyers, and more steady employment. Not to mention more parents being
able to afford to send their kids to college so they can become the
engineers and scientists we need to create better tomorrows.
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