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Fabulous article, food for thoughts.

P/E Ratio is seen as a mantra by way too many fininfluencers which doesn't allow them to take into proper account a better holistic view on the company business.

I think everything starts from the misunderstanding of the concept of "Value Investing".

Hence, I find marvelous your idea to refer to this science as, rather, "Business Investing".

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Taking some notes

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Love this article. Any new stock picker should read this piece. Thanks for having made it public!

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Great thoughts. We are living in a world with more rapid currency debasement, therefore, average P/E ratios will be higher in the future than we've been accustomed to in the past.

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No single metric is sufficient. A high p/e ratio is a warning that the company is expensive on a valuation basis. That doesn't mean it's a bad investment, but there better be a very good reason. A high p/e ratio also means more downside risk, if you are wrong.

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How about following institutional investors? My problem with P/E and P/B ratios is that they’re not telling you whether a stock will resume an uptrend. The could just keep falling irrespective of the ratios. Genuine question.

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