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David Stockman: Jumping The Great White Shark Of Bubble Finance

• https://www.zerohedge.com, David Stockman

Last night Amazon reported a whopping 41% plunge in free cash flow for the March 2018 LTM period compared to prior year. Yet it was promptly rewarded by a $50 billion surge in market cap----with $10 billion of that going to the guy riding topside on the Great White Shark of Bubble Finance.

That's right. Amazon's relatively meager operating free cash flow for the March 2017 LTM period had printed at $9.0 billion, but in the most recent 12 months the number has slithered all the way down to just $5.3 billion.

And that's where the real insanity begins. A year ago Amazon's market cap towered at $425 billion---meaning that it was being valued at a downright frisky 47X free cash flow. But fast forward a year and we get $780 billion in the market cap column this morning and 146X for the free cash flow multiple.

Folks, a company selling distilled water from the Fountain of Youth can't be worth 146X free cash flow, but don't tell the giddy lunatics on Wall Street because they are apparently just getting started.


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