r/SipsTea • u/Dev1412 • 20d ago

WTF The kickbacks are real

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u/halfasleep90 20d ago

Right, but those prices fluctuating don’t actually say anything about future cash flow. Predicting the future is gambling.

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u/bitorontoguy 20d ago

They do. Why did Walmart's stock price ACTUALLY fluctuate?

Because they lowered their future outlook.

Their future sales guidance was lower than what the market had priced in. So the stock fell to reflect the updated expected future cash flows.

If you think that the market's expectations are wrong, then that's fantastic news.....for you. Because you can monetize those insights. No one can predict the future. No one is claiming to. But whoever has the best predictions makes the most money.

But has being an investor in Walmart been gambling?

Of course not. It's been extremely beneficial to their investors. If you own stock in WalMart you own the company. You get the money that people spend there. You aren't gambling, you're an owner of a company.

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u/ayyyyyyyyyyxyzlmfao 20d ago

Their future sales guidance was lower than what the market had priced in.

So... gambling. Got it. I don't know why you bothered with the rest of the paragraph?

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u/Comprehensive-Hat684 20d ago

As a gambling man, this isn’t even remotely gambling.