Thoughts on the market.

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Thoughts on the market. The trade war is certainly concerning, however I have to look at the overall valuation measures of the market: Amazon- 235 P/E Tesla 45 billion Market cap---No earnings Twitter- 23 billion Market cap---No earnings And the list goes on Thoughts???”



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