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by hn3333 2103 days ago
Softbank buys low ($32B in 2016) and sells high ($40B in 2020). Nice trade!
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How does it fare, adjusting for inflation and other similar factors ?
i thought that would be low in investment world.
4 years, 8 billions. 2 B / year. I don't think that's low. And during this time Arm was also filling its owner coffers. The only real question here is if they filled the coffers at a greater 2B/year or not. My guess is they didn't. Now SoftBank has a lot of cash to acquire more shining toys.
i guess i watched too many tv shows where investors think anything below 50% ROI is low
5% over inflation is average. US congress manages 25-30%, but that's on the back of insider trading (technically illegal thanks to a law signed by Obama, but also without much ability to actually investigate -- also law signed by Obama a few months later without fanfare).