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ProfessorGAC

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4. Don't Look For Rational Explanations...

Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 11:41 AM

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...to market behavior.
That ship sailed long ago.
We need loom no further than TSLA. Market cap of around $1.05 trillion. The pretax net income ladt year was $3.8 billion. There is no rational explanation for that.

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