My kid (25) voted for Qidan. I respected his right to choose. Then he bought GME after following “DeepFuckingValue” on Reddit. He panicked when it dipped and sold 90 of his 100 shares and (only) doubled his investment in a month. He was bummed. He was angered when the powers that be stopped people from buying. First we talked about protecting your capital is the #1 rule. Then we talked about the forces at work and the battle for hearts and minds. He took a few red pills. I explained my red pill was 911. Who bought millions of dollars in puts on the airline stocks the week before? They made billions! Plus the free falling twin towers not to mention the 3rd building (hardened for a nuclear strike) going down several days later. I lost friends over that. They could not stomach the red pill. I asked him if he saw the irony in someone named DeepFuckingValue buying a junk company like GME. The only deep value is knowing a huge short squeeze is coming. Then, I really baked his noodle when I asked him, “who do you threw the billions at GME to force that short squeeze?” That was a killer whale taking out the apex predator sharks (hedge funds). Do the math. No way millions of little guys outgunned the hedge funds. He said wow Dad that’s a lot to think about. Then he said, do you always notice stuff like this? I said, my job is to leave the world a better place then I found it for you and all those I love. So yes, I do.
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It's funny I was reading about 9/11 earlier and the stocks. It did seem to be explained by someone sending out a newsletter and loads of investors jumped in. I think one of the main companies that bought puts also bought stocks in one of the other airlines and lost a lot too but I'll have to find the article again. I have thought for years that it was weird but this article did make a lot of sense. There are still weird things about 9/11 though.
Loose Change, I think was the name of the documentary that Followed The Money around 9/11- who bought insurance, shorted sticks, sold stocks, etc. around the buildings, airlines and all. Also followed the Pentagon story, the auditors and missing money, what was stored underneath the towers and never recovered (gold?).