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anewaccount2021
6y ago
What schools are open, are open at vastly reduced (zoom) hours. California isn't a highly-ranked education state, but its about to fall much further.
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anewaccount2021
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SF has the highest per-capita utilization of private schools in the US. Wonder why? Its not just money.
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anewaccount2021
6y ago
Taiwan the nation is quite valuable Taiwan the land, not so much Move the population to the US, grant them citizenship, let China take the land, which the US cannot defend anyway This would also be a boon to airlines and cruise companies, p
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anewaccount2021
6y ago
We printed more money last year than we printed from 1776-2000. The dollar has already lost 99% of its purchasing power from its inception (that isn't agitprop, its a verifiable fact when measured against fixed commodities over time).
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6y ago
Rates can never rise. Americans and American corporations are too indebted with no room to finance increased debt servicing costs. The dilemma is the longer rates stay low, the more debt is piled on. Ultimately there must be a complete rese
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anewaccount2021
6y ago
Interest rates are the cost to borrow money. Money isn't scarce, so its worth less, and as a result, costs less to borrow. Devalued currencies tend not to be consistent with historical stability - they tend to arrive around the same ti
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6y ago
If you lost your life savings on GME, you deserve to starve edit: the only way you could be losing your life savings on GME is with a dumb, arrogant short position. yes, you should starve...isn't this what a short sale is anyway? A bet
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anewaccount2021
6y ago
Why are you working if not to earn privilege?
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6y ago
> The demographics (and housing prices!) in the tech hubs reflect a big influx of highly-paid developers How? For at least the last decade, your typical developer in the Bay Area has been a renter...long since priced-out of a single-fami
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6y ago
Online discussions quickly fall into the Obligatory Contrarian trap when there's little else to latch on to. So in every one of these threads, HN is all of a sudden nostalgic for two hours a day commuting, shelling out-of-pocket for p
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6y ago
Tesla will figure out panel gaps before GM can figure out OTA updates
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anewaccount2021
6y ago
Pick your funds wisely. No one should have their next meal dependent on a weird short position. Read the risk prospectus for your funds and take it seriously. There is little deception. Funds that take crazy risks will say so in their prosp
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6y ago
How? The war is basically over. Hedge funds covered at a huge loss. Many WSB members have already booked huge gains.
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anewaccount2021
6y ago
TLDR; Slate writer runs cover for Big Blue cities by telling us everything we are seeing happen in the real world isn't actually happening and/or is wrong.
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6y ago
If people are willing to pay short-term cap gains instead of long, what concern is it what their time horizon is? Once again, even HFT, chat mobs, etc won't take down a sound position...at best they can only create temporary disruption
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6y ago
If your position is sound, there is absolutely no amount of "chatter" that should cause you any concern. If your position is easily undermined by anonymous posters on reddit... In any case, it will only delay the inevitable. If NA
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6y ago
ftfy! https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/27/hedge-fund-targeted-by-reddi... "Melvin Capital closed out its short position in GameStop on Tuesday afternoon after taking a huge loss, the hedge fund’s manager tol
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6y ago
> This only holds true for places where there's no room to increase the staffing budget. Amazon. Enjoy your monoculture.
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6y ago
Shorts have been getting slaughtered in covering rallies since the first short was allowed. I can't believe these "professional" funds would keep short positions open on an equity with crazy-high short interest...that's
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6y ago
Exactly! /r/wallstreetbets are also trading against each other, without mercy! Not sure why people think that sub is some sort of group trading account... But, chances are, a lot of them will make incredible gains by betting on th
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6y ago
Read the news - what you are describing didn't happen. Look at Melvin - they are trying to convince the market they are still solvent. Citron closed their shorts at a huge loss. This really is a case of "seasoned professionals&quo
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6y ago
When will this meme die....we have socialism for everyone Stimulus checks, extended UI, rent and mortgage forbearance etc etc etc. And it won't stop because it can't.
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anewaccount2021
6y ago
there is a benefit for the masses - Fed stimulus delivered instantly. with Fed digital currency, there will be no waiting for a stimulus deposit.
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6y ago
the idea of a personal "Fed" account for citizens isnt new...basically everyone talking about central bank digital currencies is describing this the basic "innovation" is the ability to coerce the masses by threatening t
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why would anyone be short a stock with short interest that high? you're just begging to get stomped all the funds getting trashed are getting showed up as amateurs....by actual amateurs! short trades are incredibly dangerous, you need
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Homeless in LA also won't freeze to death if they sleep outside in January.
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anewaccount2021
6y ago
This will be a kangaroo court used to blunt-force-trauma a select subset of strawmen and deplorables off of the service. In the end, does anyone really care if Twitter is "truthful"?
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Can't have your cake and eat it too. If you insist on making not-Democrats extinct at the State, County and Municipal level, you should expect follow-through. YOU voted in single party rule in CA. Frankly I'm amazed at how little
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So you follow your initial argument that the exodus is covid-driven with a list of reasons not related to covid at all. So, we agree? People who are moving are those who can afford to. And if you knew how SF schools worked, you wouldn'
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6y ago
The Enlightened Liberals Who Will Save Us From Ourselves cannot tolerate the unwashed masses living independently without big government and high taxes. This is why rural dwellers are cast in the media as knuckle dragging racists
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