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ffggvv
6y ago
amazing how he pretends to be for the little guy and then dumps worthless spacs on them leaving them to be bag holders in the long run that being said, i wouldn’t short anything in this market. considering there are some outright frauds lik
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ffggvv
6y ago
visa is likely trying to get a meme stock bump because of the crypto hype
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ffggvv
6y ago
i don’t believe apple does anything out of a sense of charity. the subtext here is he wants congress to regulate their competitors
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ffggvv
6y ago
because it’s a free country. why would we restrict people from taking loans and who is the government to say the loan has to be denominated in dollars instead of shares? short sellers have also discovered a lot of fraud companies because th
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ffggvv
6y ago
don’t forget the pensioners whose money is in the hedge fund
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6y ago
there’s literally comments of people who say they only have 40 in their bank and they are spending it on meme stocks instead of gas to get to work. not sure what to say
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ffggvv
6y ago
there isn't going to be an exodus.. just a whiny minority complaining they cant bankrupt themselves
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ffggvv
6y ago
because the volume is so high that it was a multiple of the total shares in existence yesterday. im simplyfing but RH could have had to put up to 300m - 1B collateral just to cover the gamestop trades. (they can't use their customers m
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6y ago
there was no naked shorting and it is illegal. and its because the media likes the narrative and people are running with it. david vs goliath etc. ignoring there are goliaths who were long on gamestop and pensioners who had their money in t
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ffggvv
6y ago
citadel only handles like 10% of their order flow. the rest is other companies. including Apex clearing which also handles it for Webull and other platforms that halted trading
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ffggvv
6y ago
what happened to all the people who supported banning trump? “they’re a private company they can do whatever they want” but now they want protection of users rights
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6y ago
:/ do we just sell?
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ffggvv
6y ago
maybe instead of the fed juicing the markets and the congress giving everyone checks, we should have targeted aid to the needy. but that’s unpopular because people are greedy and want free money even if they don’t need it
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ffggvv
6y ago
what about the wsb folks who were tricked into buying in at 150 today?
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ffggvv
6y ago
literally everyone defending wsb has a green username
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6y ago
i think it’s just cheap rationalizations and emotional involvement in the trade. they are pretending melvin capital is the root of all evil. just like they harassed andrew left and attacked his family just for him saying he disagrees with t
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ffggvv
6y ago
no it’s not. the squeeze is what makes the price rise, but once the wsb people start taking their profits, there will no longer be a shortage of shares and it’ll work in reverse, cascading down. it doesn’t just magically stay high forever a
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ffggvv
6y ago
its okay they'll try to sell before it crashes and leave some other chump holding the bag. "taking on wall street"
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ffggvv
6y ago
wouldnt. be surprised if there is secretly some big names also buying but pointing the finger to WSB
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ffggvv
6y ago
i doubt they’ll ban them. just heavily regulated them. just like cash is also heavily regulated (flagged to govt if you withdraw a certain amount)
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ffggvv
6y ago
last week: “they’re a private company they can do whatever they want” this week: omg facebook evil. they banned who they wanted
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6y ago
glad no one can be mad because they are a private company :)
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6y ago
the problem is it doesn’t actually solve problems or improve lives in any real way. if they wanted to do that they’d give people mosquito nets and teach them how to read it’s just corporate PR so people can fawn over them like your post and
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6y ago
hell yes its worth it. you may not make this much money forever. imagine what that 1m will compound to when youre older. it really is alot. but in the end its a personal decision that only you can make.
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6y ago
wonder what wouldve happened if instead of trying to make money he focused on getting venture funding and growing big as a consumer site? seems like alot of companies these days dont have a monetization stategy.
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ffggvv
6y ago
that’s not a ddos. it’s just called not being able to handle a spike in traffic.
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ffggvv
6y ago
agree. thats why we shouldnt give them more power over our lives by expanding govt power. govt power = corporate power.
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6y ago
what do we think the 2T dollars will do in 2021? can thank uncle sam for this bubble. and then theyll blame capitalism when it pops.
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ffggvv
6y ago
given that google also banned them from the app store, i’m guessing they would be banned from the cloud. not sure about azure though... but almost every large company blacklisted them in concert
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6y ago
that’s not how eviction works though which was the context. just like you need to show proof before evicting someone and give them time
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