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> Stocks prices are in large part dictated by corporate profits

Maybe the ones that pay dividends, or are very old and stable. The rest are primarily driven by the same forces that move the price of, say, Dogecoin.



Over the short term the stock market is a popularity contest. Over the long term it represents the present day value of future profits.




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