Two Observations From Alibaba's (NYSE:BABA) Decline

Simply Wall St2022-04-12

It is fascinating that even after months of steady declines, Alibaba Group Holding Limited(NYSE: BABA) still trades at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of close to 30.Yet, there are 2 interesting ...

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winstonleong
2022-04-13
winstonleong
Ok
BigBeef
2022-04-12
BigBeef
BABA was finished the moment the government forced Jack Ma out. You cannot expect a company to innovate and grow when its wings are constantly being clipped. Same for Tencent.
Long for long time
2022-04-12
Long for long time
Now once the China eases their economic policy institutional investors will jump in.Price will jump to Just hold on to your stocks !!!
MSTAN
2022-04-12
MSTAN
👌👌
米可淇
2022-04-12
米可淇
Who to blame?
Jeremysee
2022-04-12
Jeremysee
Bear zzz

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