Tomado de StockUp (la NewsLetter de The Motley Fool), de este sábado 13/02.
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3 Investing Bubbles That Might Be Ready to Burst
We’ve never shied away from portraying the current stock market as That Guy at the Party with the Lampshade on His Head, and alas, it’s given us no reason to stop doing so this week. In the long run, the market generally makes rational decisions. In the short run, well … lampshade. Head. You get the idea.
Fool Sean Williams has found three particular sectors where he thinks the market’s enthusiasm may have gotten juuuuuust a wee bit ahead of reality. Investors who wish to avoid a raging hangover when this particular party ends might want to consider backing away slowly from:
1. Cryptocurrencies and related stocks. We’ve also freely aired our crypto qualms in the past, but to recap: It’s not anchored to any real-world value, it’s hard for regular human beings to actually use, and its supposed scarcity relies on nothing more than its creators’ assurances and a few lines of code. Stocks that pin their entire business models on “mining” new crypto coins -- and on crypto values remaining high no matter what -- may be cruising for a bruising.
2. Reddit-fueled stocks. If you’re making investing decisions solely based on message-board pile-ons, you might want to think twice while you’re still in possession of your cash. Companies like GameStop (NYSE: GME) have become proxy playthings in titanic tugs-of-war between rambunctious retail investors and high-powered hedge funds. But their gains aren’t based on anything the actual businesses behind those stocks are doing -- and eventually, that truth will catch up with their share prices.
3. Electric vehicles. We don’t blame anyone for being excited about EVs’ potential to rule the road over the long term. But we do caution investors to actually look at the companies they’re buying into, and compare the prices they’re paying with -- again -- what the actual company has actually accomplished. At least some of these red-hot stocks’ sticker prices have far outraced their ability to make money and, you know, sell cars.
For more details and specific companies whose current high spirits may lead them to stumble off the roof or into the swimming pool, read the rest.
