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Did you mean "stocks"?

37ef_ced3 6y ago
A stonk is a stock that moves with no regard to the intrinsic value of the underlying business The government's monetary policy, along with widespread retail call option trading, have turned certain "hot" parts of the stock market into stonks, prices rising parabolically or exponentially, making gamblers very rich Behold: https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/ https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/ Low interest rates have recently produced extreme asset price inflation (e.g., record stock market prices) despite suffering in the real economy The wealth gap is widening in an unprecedented way
- peter_d_sherman 6y ago
  Example: Gamestop (GME)... Or "Gamestonk" <g> -- as Elon Musk so eloquently tweeted... https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1354174279894642703 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1354174279894642703 https://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/quickchart/quickchart.asp?symb=GME&insttype=Stock https://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/quickchart/quickchart.asp?... "A rising tide (of monetary policy) lifts all boats, er, stocks, er, stonks..." Related: "And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” " -Bible, New King James Version, Revelation 6:6 https://biblehub.com/revelation/6-6.htm https://biblehub.com/revelation/6-6.htm https://www.bibleref.com/Revelation/6/Revelation-6-6.html https://www.bibleref.com/Revelation/6/Revelation-6-6.html
Pfhreak 6y ago
"stonks" is a common internet meme standin for "stocks". In the same way "pwned" is a standin for "owned", etc.
- jfengel 6y ago
  As I've seen it used, "stonks" connotes that you're suggesting somebody who doesn't really understand anything about the stock market, but thinks that what's good for the stock market must be good for America. I think it's not meant to suggest a typo, but rather the slurred accent that comes with being overenthusiastic and loud. I'd compare it to using "Murica" instead of "America" to sugges that somebody is being nationalistic -- and I think there's supposed to be a significant (but not perfect) overlap between the two groups.
  - Pfhreak 6y ago
    In some circles, for sure. I've also just seen it used as a goof or an insult. I think it's one of those things that started being used one way but has spiraled off into many different meanings in many different communities.
- commandlinefan 6y ago
  Ok, so I'm just out of touch is all, thanks ; )
alexpetralia 6y ago
No, "stonks" is a meme joke currently going around. Elon Musk has said it multiple times.
cartoonfoxes 6y ago
Stonks - see https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stonks https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stonks.
- deleted 6y ago
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A stonk is a stock that moves with no regard to the intrinsic value of the underlying business The government's monetary policy, along with widespread retail call option trading, have turned certain "hot" parts of the stock market into stonks, prices rising parabolically or exponentially, making gamblers very rich Behold: https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/ https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/ Low interest rates have recently produced extreme asset price inflation (e.g., record stock market prices) despite suffering in the real economy The wealth gap is widening in an unprecedented way

peter_d_sherman 6y ago
Example: Gamestop (GME)... Or "Gamestonk" <g> -- as Elon Musk so eloquently tweeted... https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1354174279894642703 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1354174279894642703 https://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/quickchart/quickchart.asp?symb=GME&insttype=Stock https://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/quickchart/quickchart.asp?... "A rising tide (of monetary policy) lifts all boats, er, stocks, er, stonks..." Related: "And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” " -Bible, New King James Version, Revelation 6:6 https://biblehub.com/revelation/6-6.htm https://biblehub.com/revelation/6-6.htm https://www.bibleref.com/Revelation/6/Revelation-6-6.html https://www.bibleref.com/Revelation/6/Revelation-6-6.html

Pfhreak 6y ago

"stonks" is a common internet meme standin for "stocks". In the same way "pwned" is a standin for "owned", etc.

jfengel 6y ago
As I've seen it used, "stonks" connotes that you're suggesting somebody who doesn't really understand anything about the stock market, but thinks that what's good for the stock market must be good for America. I think it's not meant to suggest a typo, but rather the slurred accent that comes with being overenthusiastic and loud. I'd compare it to using "Murica" instead of "America" to sugges that somebody is being nationalistic -- and I think there's supposed to be a significant (but not perfect) overlap between the two groups.
- Pfhreak 6y ago
  In some circles, for sure. I've also just seen it used as a goof or an insult. I think it's one of those things that started being used one way but has spiraled off into many different meanings in many different communities.
commandlinefan 6y ago
Ok, so I'm just out of touch is all, thanks ; )

alexpetralia 6y ago

No, "stonks" is a meme joke currently going around. Elon Musk has said it multiple times.

cartoonfoxes 6y ago

Stonks - see https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stonks https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stonks.

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