 No. What's up, money geeks? It's Vee here. Welcome to another video, guys. So in today's video, I want to talk about tickets about P-I-N-S Pinterest. I've covered this talk here on the channel. I'm long on Pinterest. I'm bullish on Pinterest. I think Pinterest has huge upside for a lot of people that I don't quite know. Pinterest is a social media company that actually provide more than just social media. It provides a search engine for people to actually go out there and look at practical things like recipes, like workout routines, and just how to dress. And so I do love the platform. And I think this company is poised to make some really good run in the future. Some news actually came out that I thought, man, what is going on? Don't do it. We're gonna talk about it. But before we get started, guys, if you're new to the channel, we talk about how to earn money, how to save money, how to invest and build wealth. So if that's something that interests you, go ahead and hit that subscribe button and the notification bell too. You don't miss out on new content. So again, guys, the news actually came out that Microsoft has been trying to acquire Pinterest. They were working behind the scenes trying to acquire Pinterest. And I'm like, this is a very bad idea. So let's look here, or yeah, I would find this. Yeah, Microsoft looked at, looked to acquire Pinterest. It's like, this is, it was a bad idea. Like I don't really wanna hear it because my personal take, if Microsoft buy Pinterest, this is where Pinterest goes to die. This company is not gonna see its full potential. So I don't even wanna hear it. I want Pinterest to stand on its own and definitely explore and get to the potential that I think they can get to. Pinterest is a search engine. Pinterest is a social media platform. If you look at the competitors like Facebook, Facebook, yes, is good. It's a social media platform. But when people go on Facebook, they're going to look for maybe friends, their grandma or whatever to like really just connect with them for a little bit. Then if you go check on your grandma on Facebook and leave and then Facebook starts sending you ads about, I don't know, nursing homes and all that stuff. Like you get annoyed. But when people go on Pinterest, and this is where I love about this particular platform, people are going there with searching something in mind. You don't go on Pinterest if you don't have, you don't just go there to hang out. You go on Pinterest because there's something in your mind. So for instance, you're looking for a specific recipe. You know that Pinterest is going to serve that recipe and you or they would probably have it. So you go on Pinterest to go look for that recipe. You're looking for a particular, maybe outfit. You want to see how to wear a particular outfit. You go to Pinterest and they'll give that to you. You go there for workout routine, Pinterest will give that to you. So people go there for specific things. So the usability of Pinterest to me, it speaks volume. So if Facebook is trading at $268 a share, and they do pretty much the same thing that I think Pinterest does. And I think Pinterest does even better in terms of what they are doing. I think Pinterest has that potential to get out the way to $200 a share. In my personal opinion, that's what I see. And I don't agree in any shape or form that they should go under enough, this top giants. Just be on your own Pinterest because you can totally do it. And so if we look at Pinterest here, this is the five year, but even though Pinterest went public in 2019, this is where they opened it, opened at $19. And they visited this pool back here. This is the deepest point here. That was during the pandemic. That's when they pulled back here. But since after the pandemic, look at where, or even during the pandemic until 2021 now, look at what Pinterest has been able to do. It's just been a steady climb. And guys, and I started talking about Pinterest. I told you guys when Pinterest was at $40, $45. I said, guys, get in on this before it takes a move. Endings came out back in October. They squeezed all the way to 60 bucks. I'm like, if you are late, stay getting. We talked about it. You see it here all through December, January, Pinterest is right there. I'm like, hey, get in on Pinterest. And then there, Endings came out again. Look at where Pinterest currently trading. $84 is some change. As of when we're doing this video, we're sitting at $84. And to me, this is just the beginning. As soon as Pinterest crosses that $100 price point, it's gone. Nobody is never gonna come back there again unless we have another pandemic. So I am not in favor in any shape or form of Pinterest going and merging with any other company. If they buy a smaller company to kind of meet certain needs as a company, I'll take that. Just like Facebook got Instagram, they got WhatsApp, all that. If that kind of merger, I want it. But for Pinterest to fold and go under somebody like Microsoft, I am absolutely opposed to that. Microsoft did try to buy TikTok that felt through. They never got it. And so it looks like they're really trying to get into the social media platform because they've tried building their own social media platform. It never worked. So they're trying to acquire something. But I don't think that Pinterest would be a good fit for them. And I don't think they are a good fit for Pinterest. Pinterest, stay on your own and continue to grow. You guys are doing an amazing job. You don't need somebody to come and hold your hand to take you across the finish line. No, you guys can totally do it. So that is my personal opinion here, guys. I don't think that it was a brilliant idea. I'm happy that the people over at Pinterest actually rejected that offer. Pinterest turned it down. I was like, this is good. I love that they're not eagerly trying to sell out to Microsoft or any of these big giant companies. So guys, let me know in the comments section, what do you think about this? Do you even agree that a company like Pinterest should fold and go under any of these big giants? Because if Microsoft is chasing them, I will be surprised if Facebook or Google is chasing them. They're just trying to get bigger and bigger and control everything. I want these companies to be independent. I want Pinterest to stay independent. Again, I'm probably speaking from a position of a biased person because I own Pinterest and I hold it long-term and I don't want them to fold under Microsoft. Microsoft is gonna slow their growth. It's gonna slow their creativity in my personal opinion. So I don't like that. 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