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Josh Brown

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The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

All right, so Kai Wu, who was on TCAF a couple of weeks ago, Kai, I think, is the only person, him and Sembliss are the only two people right now that when they publish something, I just Insta stop what I'm doing, if I can, and read it.

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

So he was writing about the disruption in software and AI

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

and how to think about the range of probabilities and outcomes.

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

So I want to take a few of his charts.

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

Let's go to exhibit three.

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

So he is showing the forward price to earnings ratio for various companies, as well as their max drawdown.

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

And you know the names, like we all understand very well what's going on here.

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

Salesforce, Consolation, Atlassian, et cetera, just absolutely kneecapped.

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

The next chart is showing historical iconic disruptions.

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

So think about, we all know what Netflix did to Blockbuster, what Amazon did to Radio Shack, what Amazon did to Borders.

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

And he's showing like the cumulative return, these stocks basically go to zero versus what happens to the disruptors.

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

Obviously they go on to generate extraordinary wealth.

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

But what's really face-blowing is you don't,

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

You see the stock perform, you see the stock react in many cases a lot quicker than the fundamentals deteriorate.

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

So we've spoken on the show, hey, Adobe, like it keeps, it just keeps hitting all time highs in terms of the earnings per share.

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

The earnings per share keep going higher, but the market keeps saying, don't believe you, this is a zero.

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

Like this is, and I'm exaggerating, but like the market is saying, this is not sustainable.

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

I don't care what your earnings are today because the ultimate goal

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

Settle point is, that's not a phrase.

The Compound and Friends
What You Need to Survive a Bull Market

The terminal value is a fraction of what it is today.