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Sympthsical

(9,073 posts)
Thu Jan 28, 2021, 07:03 PM Jan 2021

The Biden administration is about to face a fundamental test of values within days [View all]

The Game Stop stock story is more than just a bunch of Millennials having fun on social media to stick it to Wall Street.

Wall Street is now striking back. It is trying to prevent "retail" traders (i.e. individuals and not the hedge funds and giant institutions) from buying or selling stock because they're about to lose billions.

Hedge funds shorted Game Stop, hoping to drive it into bankruptcy and make a profit on it. Sound like Bain Capital to you? Because it is just like that.

Now, trading apps and institutions like RobinHood and Ameritrade are preventing your Average Joe from trading the stock. However, the hedge funds and institutions are allowed to trade, and they are allowed to do so after hours even (you and I could not do this).

Wall Street could not stand regular people playing their games - and winning! -so now they are trying to outright rob people by using every lever in the system to manipulate and control what happens.

Watch what the MSM says. We will know whose side they are on. If every story you see is how awful it all is that Reddit is messing with stocks, you'll have at least a hunch they aren't on your side.

But more importantly, let's see how the Biden administration and Secretary Yellen respond. There is an opportunity here to let the billionaire class who treats Wall Street as a casino twist. AOC is already calling for hearings. I have been incredibly positive on Biden's tenure so far. Everything is pretty damn good, if you ask me. So now, we're about see how they're going to handle one hell of a cranky, predatory financial class who thought we served them.

It's a test. Let's see if they pass. I have decent optimism here, but keep an eye on it. It'll mean quite a bit about what we can expect for the next four years.

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Sheldon Whitehouse says there will be an investigation Thekaspervote Jan 2021 #1
Of whom? Sympthsical Jan 2021 #4
Sherrod Brown Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #19
Good, I'm with him and AOC. elleng Jan 2021 #6
K n R Glamrock Jan 2021 #2
They're gonna get bailed out, can't let those poor billionaire hedgefunds go broke ansible Jan 2021 #3
The money that everyone is playing around with MyNameGoesHere Jan 2021 #5
Two wrongs don't make a right frazzled Jan 2021 #7
Why shouldn't regular people be able to play the game? BlueTsunami2018 Jan 2021 #10
And where was the will to act in '08 and beyond? Sympthsical Jan 2021 #12
but the thing that drove the stock up was the short sellers fishwax Jan 2021 #16
Why shouldn't regular people play that game. They are only doing what the Hedgers do. Demsrule86 Jan 2021 #17
Maybe the time has come to create a market DeminPennswoods Jan 2021 #8
Absolutely agreed FakeNoose Jan 2021 #11
Investopedia has a great simulation The Mouth Jan 2021 #20
I hope there is an investigation and there should be a stop to short trading, it is the real problem Bev54 Jan 2021 #9
One reform needed is curbs, or elimination of, Disaffected Jan 2021 #13
My question is, where were the regulators? Sympthsical Jan 2021 #14
The regulators seem to have been missing Disaffected Jan 2021 #15
Billionaires weren't losing money. Once they did, we bailed them out Sympthsical Jan 2021 #18
Short sellers suck The Mouth Jan 2021 #21
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