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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Investment Strategies / Falling Knives
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Author: CapitalAlligator   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: PAYPAL
Date: 02/05/26 12:19 PM
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I think a prevailing narrative is emerging: the legacy business on its last legs, Venmo has no moat and no particular advantage relative to any other similar service, FastLane is a failed effort, the lower-return white-label products are a waste of time, disruptors are going to eat their lunch, and in five years we'll all be happily exchanging fractional stablecoins or national digital currency.

Also, growth has slowed down to a crawl, which is the one unforgivable sin in tech.

Some of this can be true, and it can still be cheap. A good deal of pessimism is priced in at this point. I'm just not sure how to model the darn thing.





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