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		Spivak on July 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nvidia is now worth more than Intel MS didn’t become more valuable in a vacuum. It’s just with the pandemic hurting so many businesses the value of a stable mature company that’s still making money went up.

take_a_breath on July 9, 2020 [–]

The price/earnings ratio went up. You are paying more for each dollar of MS profit compared to last year (which was already a high P/E ratio).

It’s another form of inflation.

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