[XorNot]

Which is still a big risk: at some point, the market can crash simply because the dominant players get low on cash to keep making acquisitions like that. Suddenly all the assumptions and valuations people are relying on turn out not match up to reality, and everyone stops investing while they take a long hard look at their books.

[lotsofmangos]

Sure, it's a huge risk, not to mention a colossal waste of money for little long term wealth.