This classic movie may now be playing out in this year’s stock market. Several companies are tailoring their business models to look like today’s leading star — Nvidia. At least three companies are copying Nvidia’s pitch. They are straightening their jaws and adding Botox to resemble the belle of the ball.
Investors of a certain age may remember the 1997 movie L.A. Confidential. Set in Los Angeles in the 1950s, it features a crime syndicate run by high-class call girls.
These ladies were a cut above the rest. They had received plastic surgery to make them look like real-life movie stars. The character played by Kim Basinger resembled Veronica Lake. Another woman looked like Marilyn Monroe.
