profitless
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A $100 bet on the Invesco Solar ETF in 2008 would be worth $34 today, hence solar energy’s reputation as a profitless growth story.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
“The profitless dot-com bubble saw a 266% rally in the S&P 500 vs only 85% so far despite strong AI earnings growth,” the Jefferies team wrote.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025
Sticking with durable, high-quality stocks isn’t always easy, especially when speculative markets make winners out of shiny new objects, including recent initial public offerings External link and profitless tech companies.
From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025
Fear of rising inflation and recession has driven stock investors toward conservative assets and away from the risky, profitless companies that were the targets of many blank-check mergers.
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022
Few things could be lonelier, or more profitless intellectually, than the lot of the unattached students.
From An American at Oxford by Corbin, John