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		ectoplasm on July 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon Is Now Worth More Than Wal-Mart I think the argument is that high profitability will increase demand for a stock to the point of it being overvalued.

aetherson on July 24, 2015 | [–]

My argument, at least, is that profitability is good for a company and a stock, but isn't the only thing that's good for a company and a stock.

Which, honestly, everyone already knows.

fixxer on July 24, 2015 | [–]

Replace "profitability" with "growth" and you get the dual problem.

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