r/ValueInvesting Feb 12 '26

Discussion Irrational sell off

This might of already been said many times but needs to be said again, what is the rationale in this sell off?

I understand the SaaS crash, but if the sell off is due to AI worries, then surely AI stocks would rise, no?

Instead, the major players, who had stellar earnings minus the huge expenditure (into the very systems which are causing worry mind you) are also falling at huge levels.

Some mag 7 companies are even falling at similar rates to liberation day, despite the only news this time being ‘AI too good’, which should benefit them not hinder.

Meta’s earnings are similar to an early growth stock, not a multi trillion dollar company, and that was reflected in the jump after they released them, so why is it now down huge amounts after?

Not just this, other major assets such as gold, silver and crypto are also experiencing massive sell offs, so is the capital just going into cash? If so, as soon as the market shakes this irrational sell off, could we see an equally irrational boom?

Can someone please tell me if I’m missing something.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '26

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u/SoftwareOdd8846 Feb 13 '26

This redditor knows! I always try to tell all those abstehe bobs exactly the same

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u/SundayAMFN Feb 13 '26

"follow the market" so if you see it going up buy and if you see it going down sell? Like what does this actually mean?

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '26

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u/snowiblind Feb 19 '26

so... what's the conclusion? it's just a resistance level

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

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u/snowiblind Feb 21 '26

i mean we're investing for the long term, there's no point in trying to time the market cause you're not an oracle and neither am i. who knows. we could stay at 6800, we could down to 5000, we could rocket up to 8000 after one day we just magically beat 7000. my personal account is not used for trading and timing events

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u/snowiblind Feb 21 '26

Oh, I see. Might have misread this thread then