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Bill Ackman Sees Investors Repeating a Mistake of 2000: Flocking to the "New New" and Ignoring Quality Names

Hedge-fund manager says investors are ignoring Microsoft and other Big Tech names for the sake of the "new new thing," like chip stocks.Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, shown...

Bill Ackman Sees Investors Repeating a Mistake of 2000: Flocking to the "New New" and Ignoring Quality Names

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