> the purpose of the market is not to determine valuations
Promoting price discovery [1] is one of the fundamental features and functions of a market.
Side note: the line between "speculation" and "investing," where the former refers to short-term shareholding and the latter to a specific set of Graham-Dodd valuation models, is not a general economic term. It only makes sense when discussing Graham-Dodd investment styles, which are a subset of long-term financial investment styles, which are themselves a subset of the market.
Promoting price discovery [1] is one of the fundamental features and functions of a market.
Side note: the line between "speculation" and "investing," where the former refers to short-term shareholding and the latter to a specific set of Graham-Dodd valuation models, is not a general economic term. It only makes sense when discussing Graham-Dodd investment styles, which are a subset of long-term financial investment styles, which are themselves a subset of the market.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discovery