Chamath Palihapitiya

What we are always debating is when a set of cash flows go from becoming highly confident to less highly confident.

What we are always debating is when a set of cash flows go from becoming highly confident to less highly confident.

It's a when conversation.

It's a when conversation.

So when will Coca-Cola's cash flows be impacted?

So when will Coca-Cola's cash flows be impacted?

When will Eli Lilly's cash flows be impacted?

When will Eli Lilly's cash flows be impacted?

When will Meta's cash flows be impacted?

When will Meta's cash flows be impacted?

And the answer to the when gets translated by the public markets into three things.

And the answer to the when gets translated by the public markets into three things.

your price to earnings multiple, where if you invert that number, what that is equivalent to is the yield on the money that you get.

your price to earnings multiple, where if you invert that number, what that is equivalent to is the yield on the money that you get.

So if you're 20 times PE, that's a 5% yield.

So if you're 20 times PE, that's a 5% yield.

The second is a revenue multiple.

The second is a revenue multiple.

And the third is what's called your weighted average cost of capital, which is to say, if you look at the next 20 to 30 years of earnings, and you want to figure out what that is worth today,

And the third is what's called your weighted average cost of capital, which is to say, if you look at the next 20 to 30 years of earnings, and you want to figure out what that is worth today,