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SoftBank unmasked as ‘Nasdaq whale’ that stoked tech rally(ft.com)
583 points by xoxoy 6y ago|462 comments
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Juul to lay off over half its workforce(wsj.com)
32 points by xoxoy 6y ago|6 comments
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Juul to Cut More Jobs, Explore Exiting Europe and Asia(wsj.com)
2 points by xoxoy 6y ago|0 comments
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Robinhood faces SEC investigation over deals with high-speed trading firms(businessinsider.com)
2 points by xoxoy 6y ago|0 comments
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by xoxoy 6y ago
VIX has been positively correlated with the market rise lately, even more so for Nasdaq eg tech, so it’s not true that it’s inversely related to market returns right now.
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by xoxoy 6y ago
because dealers are supply constrained. there’s a dozen articles on how used car prices are at historical highs right now due to supply constraints
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by xoxoy 6y ago
they charge 8% for the middle plan...i think you’re looking at the payment processing fees on top of the 8% cut of earnings
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by xoxoy 6y ago
so they pay out $1B and charge 8% for middle plan which is $80M revenue a year? i don’t see how that works in public markets...though to give them credit they should probably try to go public sooner rather than later to take advantage of th
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U.S. Election Priced as Worst Event Risk in VIX Futures History(bloomberg.com)
37 points by xoxoy 6y ago|4 comments
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by xoxoy 6y ago
feels like Covid has put a serious dent on interest in mass transit...used car sales are through the roof. and people seem to be moving out of urban areas to suburbs.
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by xoxoy 6y ago
you’d rather buy something for $100 with free shipping vs $80 and $10 shipping? that’s my point - it’s a psychological game that retailers exploit. it’s the same thing as listing something as $150 and having it on “sale” for $100 because it
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Congressional investigation finds over $1B in PPP fraud(nbcnews.com)
7 points by xoxoy 6y ago|0 comments
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by xoxoy 6y ago
I’m saying people would “think” they are getting a better deal if they saw something for $100 and free shipping vs $90 and $5 in shipping.
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by xoxoy 6y ago
the biggest unknown right now is future of shipping costs - there’s big upward pressure from FedEx and UPS to drive prices up now that they have more leverage and had been inundated with shipments during the height of the lockdown - both ha
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Reinvent Technology Partners S-1 (Reid Hoffman SPAC)(sec.gov)
2 points by xoxoy 6y ago|0 comments
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by xoxoy 6y ago
don’t stay in an Airbnb
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink is neuroscience theater(technologyreview.com)
4 points by xoxoy 6y ago|0 comments
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Why does the government let a company like Herbalife stay in business?(latimes.com)
83 points by xoxoy 6y ago|83 comments
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by xoxoy 6y ago
it’s not
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by xoxoy 6y ago
Why is it absurd when it’s run by the former Tesla CTO? I mean it couldn’t be less clear what the relationship between this company and Tesla is. Did Tesla fund this company? Or Elon? What transactions have taken place between Tesla and thi
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by xoxoy 6y ago
I don’t buy the efficiency argument. Either they are publicly exaggerating the scope of the projects they are working on (eg the “million mile” battery and “full rewrite of FSD”), severely underpaying engineers and understaffed, or somethin
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by xoxoy 6y ago
I mean it’s hardly a secret if it’s on the cover of WSJ. The question is who funded this company and what transactions have they made with Tesla? but obviously no one will tell you those two things.
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by xoxoy 6y ago
> costly R&D huh? you realize that Tesla spends less than $300M a quarter in R&D when companies they now dwarf like Ford and GM consistently spend more than $1B each? in fact Tesla’s R&D spend has noticeably shrunk since last
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by xoxoy 6y ago
if this is indeed a Tesla subsidiary, it’s accounting fraud
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by xoxoy 6y ago
the valuation could go in a second if there’s a hint of running low on liquidity - or that either assets appear bloated or liabilities understated also it’s the clearest sign of accounting fraud...but apparently the SEC doesn’t care to inve
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by xoxoy 6y ago
the whistleblower Marty Tripp alleged that as Tesla ramped up Model 3 production their battery production facility was creating hundreds of millions in wasted battery product. Scrap inventory has a severely depreciated value - the emails th
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by xoxoy 6y ago
interesting timing...considering there’s a lot of scrutiny from whistleblowers and short sellers around scrap inventory on Tesla’s balance sheet and Tesla’s real relationship with this company. will need to dig around but recall seeing a sc
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Pinterest Nixes Big San Francisco Lease Deal in Covid Scaleback(bloomberg.com)
1 points by xoxoy 6y ago|0 comments
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Chadwick Boseman Has Died(variety.com)
11 points by xoxoy 6y ago|0 comments
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by xoxoy 6y ago
drug companies frequently provide rebates as a way to keep prices high to insurance companies but lower out of pocket costs to individuals - I think they do the leg work to automatically source these coupons for you and get some sort of kic

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