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lnrd 8 hours ago

What was that Warren Buffett's quote about everyone trying to leave the party seconds before midnight in a room where there are no clocks? I think it was at peak of the dot com bubble

n42 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I looked it up:

  The line separating investment and speculation, which is never bright and clear, becomes blurred still further when most market participants have recently enjoyed triumphs. Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money. After a heady experience of that kind, normally sensible people drift into behavior akin to that of Cinderella at the ball. They know that overstaying the festivities — that is, continuing to speculate in companies that have gigantic valuations relative to the cash they are likely to generate in the future — will eventually bring on pumpkins and mice. But they nevertheless hate to miss a single minute of what is one helluva party. Therefore, the giddy participants all plan to leave just seconds before midnight. There’s a problem, though: They are dancing in a room in which the clocks have no hands.
recursivecaveat 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Letter dated Feb 28th 2000, NASDAQ would hit the peak of the bubble March 10th.

matheusmoreira 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

We all want to sell the top and buy the bottom.