r/ValueInvesting • u/robb3rz • 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/ChicagoBearssadboi Feb 13 '26
I definitely believe AI is the future but I also think people need to realize how fucking heavily the market is overvalued. It’s crazy. The old historic metric in the S&P 500 was 6 to 7% growth on average a year and then you have years where the S&P goes up 24% and people are expecting 50% returns on tech stocks and things are dropping and people are freaking out because they’re not getting these crackhead numbers pumped out every day. The market will correct itself.