Up $1.50 by the way since purchase. Just thought I'd mention that.
Van Don't bet against Max!!
I'm not "betting against" anyone.
Right now I see a plethora of stocks that have hit the street in the last 12 months resulting in more shares floating around than there is money to buy them.
You mentioned "lock-up expiration".
I looked at this company's S1
(
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820953/000110465921000697/tm2026663-15_s1a.htm#tPRST)
and not unlike every other one of these overvalued, based on hype, paper-tigers spawned from the Paypal Mafia...
...the entire next decade is one big lock-up expiration.
Look at that S-1.
8 pages dedicated to compensation of insiders. 25MM shares here, 25MM shares there. Its laughable.
Now... to Affirm in general. What does this mean?:
"We certainly are very careful to not say out loud exactly where and how we do our underwriting."
We'll see how the diversity thing plays out there.
Lets give Affirm complete access to that phone we can't live without so they can see everything we do, every place we go, every purchase we make...and lets let our cutting edge AI determine if this the kind of cat we want to extend credit to.
No late fee's? No penalties?
Well ya know what, there should be late fees and penalties.
Grandma VZ used to beat into our heads... "pay as you go or don't go!"
Now... lets look at regulations.
So Jr goes out and gets his 'dopamine fix' ( Max's words above, not mine) by buying a $300 pair of shoes (he couldn't save for) and he misses a few payments. Does Affirm report that to the big three credit reporting agencies? I don't know. Seems like a valid question though.
What if Jr goes out to buy a house or a car. He/she will have to disclose the fact that they have an outstanding balance with Max. Those mortgage underwriters will demand to see their payment record. So while Max may not hit them with a $10 late fee... being late on a payment is STILL being late on a payment.
And what about all the Fair Credit reporting laws? How will that fit in with their "secret approval process"?
Valid question.
Bottom line Stoney..., the market is a frenzy right now. The dust is gonna settle ok. It always does. Up $1.60 since you mentioned it. Bfd. If it drops to $50 will you point that out too? Maybe Affirm is a great company, Max sounds like a cool cat,
but in the end a business is only worth its revenues and profits.
People seem to think its ok to forecast ten years out on unproven models. Whatever.
There's trading and there's investing.
Trade Affirm... invest in proven models.