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laog55 | Mark Cuban AMA at 9:30 AM CST, Tuesday 2/1/2021 | Mark Cuban will be joining us to do an AMA. During this period, new accounts will be allowed to comment and post questions for Mark to answer. We will be using a Q&A sort. Q&A sort shows all threads Cuban replies to, so low quality comments are highly unlikely to be seen. Please Behave.
UPDATE: Shit is 2/2/202... | 16.929417 | 0.186019 | wallstreetbets | Ask Cuban if he would publicly ask the SEC to find the shares to cover in order to get GME off the threshold securities list(30 days+)? This is simply enforcing its own rules against naked shorting. WSB honorary mod and legend status if he gets the SEC to commit to a date of enforcement.
What would he do about the FT... | 0.972372 | 1.158391 |
mvk5dv | A House of Cards - Part 1 | **TL;DR- The DTC has been taken over by big money. They transitioned from a manual to a computerized ledger system in the 80s, and it played a significant role in the 1987 market crash. In 2003, several issuers with the DTC wanted to remove their securities from the DTC's deposit account because the DTC's participants... | 28.282643 | 0.898668 | Superstonk | Wait, so if I'm understanding this correctly, the entire stock market consists of nothing but IOUs, and the master vault holding the actual shares and the technical ownership of those shares all belongs to the "elites" that we're fighting? | 0.253701 | 1.15237 |
w1av32 | What top 10 company will no longer be there in 5-10 years? | It's tempting to buy some of the top growth companies after the recent market downturn but history tells us that in 5 years 1-2 of the top 10 stocks will change and in 10 years up to half could be different.
There is a chance one of the top 10 stocks at the end of 2021 already has hit there all time highs and may no... | 3.158857 | 0.229268 | ValueInvesting | A lot of people saying Meta with the reason “I don’t know anyone who uses Facebook anymore.” Keep in mind Metas user base is mostly outside the US and Canada. Their monthly and daily active users continue to grow.
I’m not defending Meta, I’m just saying “my friends don’t use it anymore” is a very narrow view of the co... | 0.920833 | 1.150102 |
fz1s0q | Help me understand how the FED can just print a dozen Trillion USD without any noticeable consequences | Maybe I'm missing something but printing dozens of trillions USD out of thin air in order to buy junk bonds and bail out every major company that is about to fail should have some major concequences right? Like the USD devaluating or hyperinflation?
If not, which I don't currently see(if anything the stock market is ... | 5.341149 | 0.148634 | StockMarket | An attempt at an ELI5:
Let’s say I tip a bartender a $1. That bartender buys a $1 drink from the deli. That deli owner uses that $1 dollar to buy something, and so on and so forth.
A while lot of people are going to say they made $1. Total income from that $1 will exceed one dollar since that same dollar was used ove... | 1 | 1.148634 |
o7klxj | Looks like the recent RobinHood Class Action SI Report just proved /u/broccaaa's data. That the shorts haven't covered, that they hid SI% through Deep ITM CALLs, and SI% is a minimum of 226.42%. | ​
# Edit: Numbers from RobinHood case are alleged so far, not proven. I cannot edit the post title. That being said, results of Deep ITM CALLs comes up with roughly the same 226.42%, which is quite telling. We also see that PHLX exchange is used to buy and exercise these calls almost immediately - exactly a... | 16.974101 | 0.543014 | Superstonk | I have officially been here too long- I understood all of that. I could once have polished my brain & sold it as a mirror. Now there is at least one wrinkle, (maybe two?). We knew this, and it has been postulated that this was their method - but the summary is still enlightening. This is gonna hurt them really, rea... | 0.605522 | 1.148536 |
vzyejp | My son's current situation worries me a bit | My 15-year-old son is obsessed with money and thinks it's a kind of power that produces a kind of freedom and all my conversations with him are about ways to make money and ways to build wealth and I find it's worrisome and excessive, especially for someone his age
so I want to ask you Is this normal or not? | 5.860376 | 0.515464 | Money | What is this, Moms Against Cars?
It's completely normal, in fact it could signify that he'll be responsible with his money down the road. My girlfriend sucked with money as a kid and she's now an adult and still sucks with money. I started out about his age and I have financial freedom.
He's a 15 year old boy, he's g... | 0.632653 | 1.148117 |
l70vrq | Robinhood just blocked several stocks from being bought. They locked the buy button when it suited them. Don't buy Bitcoin on Robinhood. Ever. | Anyone following the WSB drama this morning will see that several brokers have blocked only the 'Buy' button to prevent GME, AMC etc being purchased. People can still sell. Don't let this happen to your bitcoin. Don't buy bitcoin on Robinhood. | 162.498964 | 1 | Bitcoin | Noticed this. Signed up for robinhood with a free referral just to get a free stock and I submitted to buy $1 of gme stock as to be apart of the meme wagon. Woke up this morning to see my buy order was canceled and couldn't buy the stock anymore. Ya ill stick to btc | 0.147744 | 1.147744 |
ww2bp3 | Obese travel tips? | I'm a guy in my early 30s and just sold my startup for over $50M. The money hit my account today.
I've always loved to travel. I previously spent 3 years of my life backpacking, just hopping between hostels around the world. Last year, I was invited to spend a week at the Cheval Blanc in the Maldives and it was a trul... | 9.766455 | 0.594663 | fatFIRE | Destinations? If you’re into Maldives, go to Velaa instead. It’s better than CB. I think Maldives is pretty boring though, St Barth offers a much more rounded paradise island experience IMO. Some argue that the CB is the best hotel on St Barth, I’d go for Eden Rock though.
Do some classics, go to Paris and stay at Geo... | 0.551304 | 1.145968 |
x46al3 | Feel like giving up after 4/5 years | Hi guys I really feel like giving up forex, after 4/5 years giving up thousands of hours of my life and still not consistently profitable I think it’s time to throw the towel in. I technically haven’t lost a tonne of money, I’ve never blown an account, so that’s a good thing, I’m just consistently losing more money tha... | 6.494437 | 0.145354 | Forex | Hey man, i've been here, this wave happens...it passes.
I trade full time now, it's my sole income and it's the only job i'll ever do.
I'd like to think i've helped a few people on Reddit now, and i'll extend the offer to you also, i'm happy to talk about your entries, and the thinking behind it, perhaps we can find ... | 1 | 1.145354 |
l6uva1 | Companies try to prevent people from trading GME and AMC | Not sure about the other trading apps but Trading212 prevents people now from buying shares. Quote:
- Warning! In the interest of mitigating risk for our clients, we have temporarily placed GameStop and AMC Entertainment in reduce-only mode as highly unusual volumes have led to an unprecedented market environment. New... | 107.564359 | 0.867986 | stocks | This is utter bs and arguably market manipulation. What rule is being broken? As if the tables were turned they wouldn't allow the hedge fund to double down and buy at every dip to "mitigate their risk." Really the violation was allowing 40% more shrts than stocks exist. If you or I did that, are we getting protected t... | 0.275297 | 1.143283 |
o0scoy | The Bigger Short. How 2008 is repeating, at a much greater magnitude, and COVID ignited the fuse. GME is not the reason for the market crash. GME was the fatal flaw of Wall Street in their infinite money cheat that they did not expect. | ​
# 0. Preface
I am not a financial advisor, and I do not provide financial advice. Many thoughts here are my opinion, and others can be speculative.
TL;DR - **(Though I think you REALLY should consider reading because it is important to understand what is going on**):
* The market crash of 2008 never fi... | 31.50303 | 0.99995 | Superstonk | HOLY MOLY THIS IS LONG!!! Before I read it I just want to say THANK YOU for the time you spend researching and writing all of the DD you contribute!!! It takes me quite a bit of time to read it so I can’t imagine how long you spend creating it!!
EDIT: HOOOOLLLLLLYYYYY FUCKING MOOOOLLLLLLYYYYY WHAT THE FUCK?!? This is ... | 0.140776 | 1.140726 |
lhk49b | Is anyone trading while holding a 9 to 5 job? | I'm a software developer in my 30s. I have a day job in my field but I don't see myself getting anymore promotions. Most developers my age move on to managerial positions. I don't have the social skills required for those kind of positions.
I have recently started reading up on day trading and slowly trying to get in ... | 27.929132 | 0.736409 | Daytrading | I recommend mastering swing trading over 5d,1W, 1-3-6M and learning algo trading to program the same into an automated strategy,I found python and associated libraries to be useful ( software consultant turned algo trader with modest monthly earnings) | 0.404085 | 1.140494 |
rhh92s | I've put 25% of my wealth in BABA @200. Tempted to add more at it's current price @122. | Hello
I'm an unproven value investor.
My qualifications are that I've recently read all the industry standard books on this topic.
I only have two investments, BABA and VZ. Rest of the money is hard cash.
Buffet says why put your money in your second best idea when you can in your first.
I have not changed my vi... | 2.373918 | 0.180488 | ValueInvesting | Don't think if it as "I'm down" or "I'm up". Think of it as "I want to own shares". Imagine you're collecting Monster energy drink cans. Because you like the can. You have 100 cans. They cost you $3 per can. Now someone offers to sell you 20 cans for $1 each while someone else says they'll buy your cans for .98 cents e... | 0.958333 | 1.138821 |
wxdje9 | The canceling of student loan debt has greatly helped me and my family. | I’ve read a lot of post about the outrage and how unjust this decision was. I wonder if I am alone in feeling this is the first time the government has directly helped me as a citizen.
I’m 32 years old went to college and nursing school, have a modest house and two children. I have worked as a registered nurse for 8 ... | 19.601705 | 0.507463 | economy | For an economy sub there seems to be an alarming number of people who don't understand that taxes will never ever 100% benefit their individual lives.
The amount of things I'll pay for in taxes that don't directly benefit my household are many. I may never use Medicare or medicaid but I pay taxes for them. We are a... | 0.630178 | 1.13764 |
l6omry | An Open Letter to Melvin Capital, CNBC, Boomers, and WSB | **Mods do not delete, this is important to me, please read**
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I was in my early teens during the '08 crisis. I vividly remember the enormous repercussions that the reckless actions by those on Wall Street had in my personal life, and the lives of those close to me. I was fortunate - my parents were prude... | 58.945319 | 0.644301 | wallstreetbets | My dad was a concrete contractor, our livelihood was based on people doing well, buying houses, and having money to put into those houses. The crash fucked him, as an adult now I have no idea how he managed to hold onto his house. I know he said he was bidding jobs so low he could barely make anything just to keep his ... | 0.493136 | 1.137438 |
llb1qn | Why does no one seem to think the housing market will crash? | From what I've read house prices being high and rapidly increasing is a good sign they may crash. I've read this in property investment guides and online about timing the cycle. Everywhere I look seems to assume that property prices will continue to rise well into the 2040s!
Now I've read the average baby boomer will ... | 12.080845 | 0.820639 | AskEconomics | Your question seems to be entirely focused on "the hosing market" in the United States, so I'm only going to speak to that.
The suggestion that "no one" thinks the housing market will "crash" is just wrong. There are plenty of people who think that. But even though home prices have risen quickly over the past year, ... | 0.315789 | 1.136428 |
l7awnp | Today is a dark day for traders | It does not matter if you invested in GME, made money on NOK, or you are just interested in the stock market.
Today different brokers took down from MILLIONS of retail traders the opportunity to partecipate actively in the stock market to save some billionaires hedge funds.
In the last generation most of the people t... | 55.035705 | 0.444539 | stocks | Imagine if George Soros is in the middle of a fucking risky billionaire trade and his broker call him and say: "well you're only allowed to sell now, sorry George but tomorrow after your strategy is absolutely fucked we'll resume the trading normally." | 0.688825 | 1.133365 |
xb2bho | I've seen a lot of posts in the last few days, accusing Britain of stealing $45 trillion of India's wealth. How rich was India that it had so much and how did the British manage it nevertheless? | For example.
https://np.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/x9btdc/whats_up_with_black_twitter_celebrating_queen/innq96h/
https://np.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/xaekvs/during_the_british_rule_of_india_from_1769_to/
I also get [this](https://mronline.org/2019/01/15/britain-robbed-india-of-45-trillion-thenc... | 7.291698 | 0.506143 | AskEconomics | I was trying to track down the original article by Utsa Patnaik but I couldn't find it. Part of where that $50 trillion comes from is the "compounding at 5%" assumption. 5% is a very high interest rate over 250 years - £1 in 1772 compounded forward at 5% becomes nearly £200,000 in 2022. If you only adjusted for UK infl... | 0.626316 | 1.132458 |
7dsnh5 | Heads up if you have a Bank of America eBanking checking account: your account is about to be converted to one with fees | Multiple people have received a notice at the bottom of their October statement. These accounts are scheduled to be converted to Core Checking in January 2018.
If you don't want to pay fees for a checking account or want a savings account that actually pays interest instead of charging fees, you can check the wiki for... | 15.759047 | 0.132096 | personalfinance | I tried to cancel a personal checking account for BoA and they wanted to charge me an overdraft fee when they cashed out my balance by an extra 7 cents by accident.
They wouldn’t waive the $25 charge when I called after receiving a notice in the mail about the $25.07 that I “owed” them.
I (made arrangements to switch... | 1 | 1.132096 |
la34bh | It's fucking awful seeing the "Silver" misinformation campaign everywhere I look | ⚠️⚠️⚠️ ***DON'T BUY SILVER, IT'S A TRAP***⚠️⚠️⚠️
They're talking on CNBC as if people on Reddit are actually squeezing silver. It's fucking absurd, they're practically encouraging it.
They're like, "Wow, these redditors are squeezing silver, how cool" actually fucking encouraging it.
Literally scum
Edit: Should h... | 123.940774 | 1 | stocks | Many of the misinformation lies on the fact that media outlets saying that retailers are moving the price, like seriously wtf. Along with the fact that all this shit happened starting from friday. Fucking cnbc, never trust those paid scums. Full of lies and misinformation. | 0.130089 | 1.130089 |
n7rl2y | You hear about the kid who put in $500 into a memecoin and made 100k, but you don't hear about the hundreds who put $1000 and are left with $0.1 | You hear about the kid who put in $500 into a memecoin and made 100k, but you don't hear about the hundreds who put $1000 and are left with $0.1
You also don't hear about the guys who put $10,000 but cant cash out because these memecoins have no liquidity.
Don't beat yourself up for missing out.
Survivorship bias is... | 79.30604 | 0.97226 | CryptoCurrency | You also don't hear about the early Bitcoin investors who have already made millions probably because they have better things to do. Most of us are still here posting because we haven't reached our life changing goals yet. | 0.156353 | 1.128613 |
ukay2p | Why is Russia still poor even though it has all the requisites to be rich? | Have natural resources - check
Having an educated population - check
Being able to create complex technologies with high added value - check
My country (Brazil) lacks an educated population and high value-added technology, so I understand it to be poor. But Russia, has a Soviet legacy of industry and a population sk... | 7.179452 | 0.498771 | AskEconomics | A well established economic relationship is that corruption reduces economic growth: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147596700917037
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0176268019301156
The mechanics here are pretty straightforward: corruption increases costs similarly to taxes,... | 0.628947 | 1.127719 |
l8uzu9 | GME First Started As a Value Play by DFV | Here is the link to Roaring Kitty (DFV channel). He has been posting about gme for awhile now.
https://youtu.be/1zi7XVudxME
He describes himself as a value investor. | 5.932305 | 0.401626 | ValueInvesting | He was buying in when it was $5 or less and everyone was telling him it would go bankrupt and that he would lose everything and he was an idiot. At one point he replied to someone, "Your ignorance of the facts is my opportunity".
He was right. | 0.725 | 1.126626 |
k7v0dg | A beginner's guide to investing in the stock market (and mutual funds). | The stock market has witnessed a huge inflow of new investors during this calendar year. The pandemic allowed young people to stay at home with nothing to do. Several have lost their jobs and people have started to realise the importance of investing, and that's always a good thing. Starting off early is a huge advanta... | 15.642546 | 0.972165 | IndiaInvestments | Really appreciate this subreddit and the people here who put their time and effort in introducing and explaining on investments to newbies.
All the older posts and notes in here is a goldmine to anyone starting to learn about personal finance management! | 0.154118 | 1.126283 |
rv4axv | A News Blackout on the Fed’s Naming of the Banks that Got Its Emergency Repo Loans; Some Journalists Appear to Be Under Gag Orders | Final edit at bottom. If you are on new Reddit or the standard app, a screenshot from the final update may appear here, when it is supposed to appear at the bottom.
I’m not sure why this screenshot shows at the top of the post, when it isn’t at the top, so I’ll just write here to let you know, it goes with the fina... | 21.474781 | 0.684561 | Superstonk | *Four days ago, the Federal Reserve released the names of the banks that had received $4.5 trillion in cumulative loans in the last quarter of 2019 under its emergency repo loan operations for a liquidity crisis that has yet to be credibly explained. Among the largest borrowers were JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Ci... | 0.440816 | 1.125377 |
7nfejn | Congratulations on your "depreciating asset" OP | "Nice car OP, I'm really happy for you and all, but if you'd bought something else you could have made more money. May I recommend not buying a car in the future, but maybe a house instead or in fact maybe just keep hodling forever? That's how you maximize profit OP, buying that car was a financially unwise decision. B... | 9.25899 | 0.290234 | ethtrader | I posted this comment in another thread, but not everyone sees a car as a financial asset or investment. For many people owning and maintaining a car is a hobby like any other. They pay money and they get enjoyment out of it. Some people just can't understand that.
One of my hobbies is food. I really like making and e... | 0.834979 | 1.125213 |
l5ptjl | Official Statement Regarding the WSB $GME plays | Good afternoon r/dividends,
This post is to let the record show that the moderators of r/dividends support our fellow investors at r/wallstreetbets in their quest to make as much money from the Gamestop short squeeze as possible.
This community believes wholeheartedly in all retail investors making money. We do not ... | 21.998667 | 1 | dividends | Sometimes people in WSB give a hard time to r/dividends because they make little money and don't yolo that much, but in reality, we are all here to support and help each other out.
That sort of division leads to nowhere and we need to recognize the fact that we are handling our own money is already a victory. We are n... | 0.124771 | 1.124771 |
irx8l0 | I'm wealthy, but no one knows. Can I fuck it up by keeping it as a secret? | How do you cope with disclosing (not disclosing) your finances to others? I don't feel comfortable talking about how much money I earn or have. Not with the random strangers, but with the closest people. My SO of 5 years doesn't know my true net worth.
I mean, I don't have to tell anyone, but I'm afraid if at some poi... | 3.256445 | 0.123547 | eupersonalfinance | Mate. Your SO needs to know big things like that if you wanna build a home with your SO. In fact, you should do your financial planning together, cards on the table and all.
This isn't even something about finances, this is a basic human decency/trust issue. You don't have to tell anyone else (fuck em) but your SO nee... | 1 | 1.123547 |
c84bp | How real-world corruption works. | This is a throwaway account (I'm a longtime redditor under another login). /r/economics might not be the correct place to put this, but it was the best I could think of. I'm a mid-career guy in a business that does a lot of work with governmental and quasi-governmental agencies. I've never ripped anyone off personally,... | 15.873294 | 1 | Economics | Thats a really well-written and illustrative story, but I would posit that this relatively minor level of corruption is probably (a) not that harmful, and (b) somewhat unavoidable.
The real issue with corruption is that it scales exponentially in terms of harm as you move from County -> State -> Federal.
By the... | 0.123543 | 1.123543 |
l5ptjl | Official Statement Regarding the WSB $GME plays | Good afternoon r/dividends,
This post is to let the record show that the moderators of r/dividends support our fellow investors at r/wallstreetbets in their quest to make as much money from the Gamestop short squeeze as possible.
This community believes wholeheartedly in all retail investors making money. We do not ... | 21.998667 | 1 | dividends | This is the way. Hedge funds throwing millions at redditors pockets. Im gladly one of them nice to see this community so together. Honestly, i got so much love for reddit and for r/dividends and r/wallstreetbets | 0.122936 | 1.122936 |
nbrwhl | I think I’m done | The $10k I put into eth over the past 18 months is worth about $75k at the moment.
I am considering selling at least half today, to lock in some gains, but may just sell all of it.
I come from modest means and have modest expectations in terms of lifestyle. 65k in profit is not exactly a life changing amount of mon... | 28.449985 | 0.873194 | ethtrader | No shame. I would consider not selling all though. Hold even as little as 15% of your original eth just don't sell it all. You should probably still afford your down payment and you can keep your feet in ETH and use the gains to pay down the mortgage faster. Just my 2 cents though you do you and do what you think is b... | 0.249647 | 1.122841 |
lxd6d5 | It's crazy that I almost thought about monetizing this, rather than giving it for free. It's time to realize and the real flaw of money--it makes people selfish. I want to end that and make people care about each other again. Here is my year long TradingView project, for free. I keep the code tho :) | Make sure you backtest this baby to learn how it works, but god damn has it improved my winrate drastically. I love retail traders. But to hell with the institutions that manipulate this game in their favor and take advantage of people like us only trying to earn a nice life for our families. Here is my hard-work, and ... | 35.013208 | 1 | Trading | I haven’t really checked out the indi yet, but man I like your style.
I can help with your website, maybe convert to TOS, idk other stuff too probably. Feel free to pm if you need anything. You rock. | 0.121951 | 1.121951 |
l9f2m3 | I guess Thetagang is my new home now | Long time WSB member. Been dabbling in Thetagang for years even when it was all one in WSB.
Really sucks to see WSB blow up so quickly and lose the culture. There used to be some really solid DD and some really smart people just acting like a bunch of idiots. Now, it’s just a bunch of idiots.
So with that. I guess T... | 24.110697 | 1 | thetagang | With you bro, glad to find thetagang, been apart of WSB for years and while I get they don't really care about "stupid" stuff like position size, scaling or risk management, the "DiAMoND hANdS eeRrrYtINg" crap is really old. Feels just like 2017 with hodl and bitcoin.
We get it. Big money bad. GME good. | 0.121795 | 1.121795 |
lxgsec | All our favorite stocks are being shorted! | https://shortdata.ca/largest-short-positions/
List includes:
HITI
FLT
EXRO
NUMI
NEXE
GDNP
CBDT
FANS
DFLY
TRIP
What are you thoughts?
Why are these retards shorting companies that for the most part, want to make the world a better place? | 1.416556 | 0.120521 | Canadapennystocks | That's to be expected, the big players have now learned to watch what's going on on Reddit to see which stocks will be pumped by users migrating left and right everytime people release a new DD. Didn't you notice that every new ticker that gets mentioned ends up going down? Someone who already has a position at a low p... | 1 | 1.120521 |
o6pifl | i was gifted 10,000 dollars of IBM stock | basically, i'm one of like 10 people in the family who was given this stock and it looks like I was given the least amount of anyone, but i'll take it. So, i'm wondering if I should keep it or just sell and dump into my VOO fund. IBM grew almost 1000% since the mid 90s, but does the stock have any room to grow? Its lat... | 5.643858 | 0.118884 | investing | I see a lot of answers that say "sell it!" or "don't sell it!" but at the end of the day the way to make a rational decision is:
*If you were handed that money right now in $10K in cash, would you spend it on IBM?* If not, you should put the money elsewhere. | 1 | 1.118884 |
dhuq60 | Bernie Sanders unveils plan to raise corporate tax rate to 35% and ban stock buybacks | Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders introduced a plan on Monday that would reverse President Donald Trump's tax cuts for businesses and return the corporate tax rate to 35% from its current 21%.
The Corporate Accountability and Democracy Plan would also eliminate many of the tax breaks and loopholes in the ... | 49.0618 | 1 | investing | >"complete an annual report that gives the compensation, gender, and racial composition of board and employees."
Is there a legal definition for determine one's race? Like, could a half white/half Asian person simply claim to be either "white" or "Asian", and ignore the fact that they are mixed?
As demand for defa... | 0.117325 | 1.117325 |
7ouwwz | Who remembers the days when eth was stuck on $300 | Whilst all other crypto went up in value... Those were some frustrating times but I always believed in ethereum and I'm glad I stuck with it and didn't move to bitcoin and litecoin because in all honesty I don't at all believe in those technologies. Ethereum for me is the future. I can see it's potential use cases in t... | 14.524212 | 0.450174 | ethtrader | I remember buying on day 1 of the crowd sale. Then later, during the second round of the crowd sale wherein buyers could obtain less Eth for the same amount of money, I sat on my toilet taking a shit, staring at the Ethereum Foundation Website on my HTC smart phone, thinking "I should buy more. This might be huge." But... | 0.667137 | 1.117311 |
l7jcxx | IM URGING YOU TO READ IF YOU OWN AMC | Guys, first off i’ve been part of this community for only a short time, a little bit before this whole short interest craze but I seriously love the amazing things we’ve done for peoples lives. I’ve read about college kids paying off their student loans, people being able to afford to pay for family members cancer trea... | 123.988362 | 1 | pennystocks | IM IN AMC FOR THE LONG RUN AND IM NOT FUCKING LEAVING! 2K+ SHARES DEEP AND IM ADDING MORE TOMORROW! ITS TIME TO STOP GETTING FUCKED AND START DOING THE FUCKING! HOLD THAT FUCKING LINE TOMORROW!🔥🚀🌕🪐#SaveAMC
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rqsh26 | My wife and I disagree. We've reached our crypto goal of a house downpayment. She says pull now before interest rates spike, I say HODL. Thoughts? | Here's the facts.
We live in one of the most expensive cities in North america. Average two/three bedroom townhouse here is about 900k. We have finally saved up 15% of a down payment (other 5% covered) and we would love to get into the market before our family expands and before the inevitable interest rate hikes in ... | 9.14565 | 0.113587 | CryptoCurrency | If you end up holding and things go south , you'll hear a "I told you so" from your wife. But if you sell and buy a house and then it ends up mooning you get to say "I told you so" to your wife while having a new house. So buy that house. | 1 | 1.113587 |
71c0w4 | [UPDATE] I found out that a coworker in the same position, with the same education, experience, workload, etc. is making almost twice what I make | [Original Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/6t8hme/i_found_out_that_a_coworker_in_the_same_position/?st=J7T77MXH&sh=810eb4d6)
For those of you who read my original post, I just wanted to update. Everyone was so encouraging and supportive, I really did not expect it!
After making my post, I ... | 119.898075 | 1 | personalfinance | The stark reality is that is how the world operates. It happened to me too. I was given a 6% raise at my annual review and was told that I was very lucky to get that. 2 months later, I have an offer from another company, and all of a sudden, they're willing to give me a 25% raise on top of the 6%, plus a 20% retention ... | 0.112758 | 1.112758 |
mpzbju | It is done | ​
[Because editing my name out of 4 JPEGs is fuck \(also lifeline didnt email a receipt yet\)](https://preview.redd.it/rs0tn8agvws61.png?width=2048&format=png&auto=webp&s=80f27687dd731dd419a0138586c54a4a8ebe5167)
Hey Cunts,
So the last few runs of DW8 and EXR have finally pipped me over the $1... | 21.34183 | 1 | ASX_Bets | You're a legend, it doesn't matter how much you give, the fact that you give is what matters most.
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To anyone reading this, even its a few cents that you can afford to share based on the money you make; for the right causes which are taken care of by the right organisations, please do so....It'll make you... | 0.112628 | 1.112628 |
l78fuh | I just bought $5,000 in $GME. I would not have done this if the brokerages didn't try to manipulate the market. | I've been following /r/wallstreetbets for years. Usually just for a laugh as I am a stodgy buy and hold guy and don't speculate often. When I saw the $GME shit happening a week ago I thought it was pure stupidity and was not planning on investing. In fact, I bought some $GME puts (which I've since sold since somehow th... | 30.855431 | 0.337915 | wallstreetbets | I also only bought in because of sheer rage at the response.
*edit: There are barriers of entry for hedge funds because they are considered high risk, but when the high risk comes calling, their buddies bail them out. If we lost everything because we placed bad bets, fair enough. But this became rich folks manipulatin... | 0.773849 | 1.111764 |
vtlw5c | The U.S. is not a democracy anymore, it is an oligarchy | 3 people have more money than the bottom 50% of Americans. 3 investment firms control virtually everything: Blackstone, Vanguard, State Street. Most Congress, House, Senators, and even the president are bribed and paid off by big corporations to do their bidding, which usually means fucking over the middle/lower classe... | 38.772362 | 1 | economy | > Student loan companies are spending hundreds of millions bribing politicians
LOL
> [Most student loans — about 92% — are owned by the U.S. Department of Education.](https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/loans/student-loans/student-loan-debt) | 0.109467 | 1.109467 |
l6utb0 | Crazy thought..WSB might have just made Value investing cool again. | Sounds crazy but WSB just made value investing cool again. I know right now its all hype and momo investing but the guy that started it all was a value investor named deepf&ingvalue. He bought gamestop as a value play, they are celebrating michael burry for his value play. I know this is value play plus huge luck t... | 9.54302 | 0.626016 | ValueInvesting | Right now GME is all momentum but once the dust settles I do think more ppl will be interested in value investing and investing in general. They won't be going back to not investing, that's for sure, and while some ppl might still use some of their portfolio for shits and giggles, a significant portion could be dedicat... | 0.483333 | 1.10935 |
lag8zs | How To Become a Consistent Profitable Trader (My Favourite Set Up) | Hey guys, I’ve had a few comments on reddit and instagram to explain the ATH (all time high) breakout trades I take on a daily basis and so here it is.
I’m a full time trader and I hope you guys find this helpful.
To explain this in great detail would take hours upon hours however I’ve wrote up a simplified descript... | 38.012229 | 1 | Daytrading | I have been slowly trying to learn more about day trading over the past several months, and man, this was the most concise, simplified write up I have seen. Thank you! Just a quick question, it sounds like you hold positions overnight in these situations? I thought that wasn't common due to potential problems outsid... | 0.109236 | 1.109236 |
l6xpjg | Trading212 banning people from buying GME and AMC. This is unacceptable! | I don't have any GME/AMC, I'm not riding this hype train, but I find it ridiculous that a broker is basically prohibiting people to invest in whatever they want. It's their money, not yours, T212.
Great thing I abandoned them!
https://i.imgur.com/h6HMchO.png | 29.720096 | 1 | eupersonalfinance | Still possible on degiro with limit orders. Message in trader:
## Trading in GME & AMC possible with Limit orders
Dear Investor,
Due to extreme market conditions in AMC Entertainment Holdings (US00165C1045) and GameStop (US36467W1099) the order types with non defined execution price are currently not avail... | 0.106707 | 1.106707 |
ijvpry | The US spends 23% budget on healthcare but U.K. spends 20% so how can the latter afford universal healthcare but the US can’t ? | Sources:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_spending_in_the_United_States
https://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/government_spending.html?show=n | 9.46178 | 0.648649 | AskEconomics | The US Federal budget is (for FY2021) $4.829 trillion while the UK's budget (converted to dollars to keep things easier) is about $1.167 trillion.
Using the percentages you've given (which I have no reason to doubt), this means that the US will spend about $1,110 billion on healthcare while the UK will spend $230 bill... | 0.457895 | 1.106543 |
c84bp | How real-world corruption works. | This is a throwaway account (I'm a longtime redditor under another login). /r/economics might not be the correct place to put this, but it was the best I could think of. I'm a mid-career guy in a business that does a lot of work with governmental and quasi-governmental agencies. I've never ripped anyone off personally,... | 15.873294 | 1 | Economics | Wonderful post! This is what reddit is all about! I hope you will continue this series, corruption101, and educate everyone how the real world works.
I have to take some minor issues with what you're saying though:
>if it's no good, or if you are grossly over-charging, your customers will tend to catch on sooner... | 0.104895 | 1.104895 |
t5e9uy | Why isn't Russia going bankrupt? | Apparently the war costs Russia [$20 Billion a day](https://www.consultancy.eu/news/7433/research-ukraine-war-costs-russian-military-20-billion-per-day), and assuming that half of Russias $630 Billion foreign reserve remains frozen - russia only has reserves for two weeks of war. One of which is already over.
Obvi... | 11.631863 | 0.791155 | AskEconomics | >Apparently the war costs Russia [$20 Billion a day](https://www.consultancy.eu/news/7433/research-ukraine-war-costs-russian-military-20-billion-per-day), and assuming that half of Russias $630 Billion foreign reserve remains frozen - russia only has reserves for two weeks of war. One of which is already over.
I... | 0.313158 | 1.104313 |
92viou | 4NEW | 4New is the first blockchain solution in the world for waste to energy conversion. It's a tangible and eco-friendly solution that is taking the world by storm. 4New is currently offering coins for investors who are interested in getting involved with the first-ever waste to energy conversion and treatment facility. It ... | 4.201935 | 0.379679 | crypto_currency | Describing themselves as ‘world's first eco-friendly, tangible, waste to energy Blockchain solution,’ 4NEW’s premise is to take waste products and transform them into a usable energy source. This technology has been in adoption for over 70 years with approximately 83 independent waste to energy plants already in use wi... | 0.722222 | 1.101901 |
92viou | 4NEW | 4New is the first blockchain solution in the world for waste to energy conversion. It's a tangible and eco-friendly solution that is taking the world by storm. 4New is currently offering coins for investors who are interested in getting involved with the first-ever waste to energy conversion and treatment facility. It ... | 4.201935 | 0.379679 | crypto_currency | At the start of each year, KWATT Coin holders will be able to choose a desired application of their energy the coin holder owns as represented by
the total amount of KWATT Coins in their control at the time of this election. | 0.722222 | 1.101901 |
92viou | 4NEW | 4New is the first blockchain solution in the world for waste to energy conversion. It's a tangible and eco-friendly solution that is taking the world by storm. 4New is currently offering coins for investors who are interested in getting involved with the first-ever waste to energy conversion and treatment facility. It ... | 4.201935 | 0.379679 | crypto_currency | A blockchain based ecosystem whereby energy produced by power plants, renewable or non-renewable or Waste to Energy technologies, is applied to a digital asset, digital protocol or a smart contract for delivery to cryptocurrency mining farms. | 0.722222 | 1.101901 |
jkar04 | My boss wants me to start an algo hedge fund and I've no experience | A little background: I'm a ML intern at a non tech/finance startup and recently my boss wants to start an algo hedge fund. The previous intern managed to produce supernormal returns, so much so that my boss compares it to RenTec. Clearly its over fitted and flawed and my boss knows but he is convinced that it's true as... | 3.799143 | 0.100602 | algotrading | So obviously your goal shouldn’t be to build a quant fund. That’s just dumb. Your goal should be to turn this into some really great resume material. So do whatever works best for that.
It’s not like your boss has any idea what’s going on anyways. | 1 | 1.100602 |
r1qtn1 | Portfolio down 20% since i started value investing | I’m just venting….
So i used to setup iron condors, buy shares to write calls on, and speculate on stocks. I made over 7k net profit (58%) plus more on crypto and other crap. After listening to a bunch of value investors talking about Walmart, apple, Berkshire Hathaway and other companies and how many baggers you would... | 4.493252 | 0.312195 | ValueInvesting | Value investing is about patience, and confidence. If you can’t be patient, then you can’t make the most of value and if you aren’t confident then you can’t be patient.
If you’re uncomfortable about a position then you’ve sized it to big. Position sizing should be based on your conviction in the position and if you’re... | 0.7875 | 1.099695 |
dhuq60 | Bernie Sanders unveils plan to raise corporate tax rate to 35% and ban stock buybacks | Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders introduced a plan on Monday that would reverse President Donald Trump's tax cuts for businesses and return the corporate tax rate to 35% from its current 21%.
The Corporate Accountability and Democracy Plan would also eliminate many of the tax breaks and loopholes in the ... | 49.0618 | 1 | investing | That would make us have the highest corporate tax rate of any major developed country.
Also banning stock buybacks would be a huge hit to BKB and most growth stocks.
This plan sounds like it would come at a huge opportunity cost to future generations. | 0.099415 | 1.099415 |
zxunz0 | How do people become so rich, by renting properties? | If you buy a house for $30,000 and rent for $1,500 it would take you almost 2 years just to break even. So how do people become so rich by renting by properties? And how do they rent multiple properties at once when they’re not even breaking even on the first one? | 4.653412 | 0.149271 | realestateinvesting | It's a combination of a lot of things:
1. Cash flow: after all expenses (including maintenance, operations, and debt servicing) the extra money accumulated each month.
2. Loan pay down: Each month, they own more and more of the property.
3. Appreciation: assuming 30,000 is the 20% down payment, the property purcha... | 0.949495 | 1.098766 |
l9f2m3 | I guess Thetagang is my new home now | Long time WSB member. Been dabbling in Thetagang for years even when it was all one in WSB.
Really sucks to see WSB blow up so quickly and lose the culture. There used to be some really solid DD and some really smart people just acting like a bunch of idiots. Now, it’s just a bunch of idiots.
So with that. I guess T... | 24.110697 | 1 | thetagang | Same here. I was a WSB member from the starting days. In between all the BS, WSB still had a few gold nuggets. Now it is all fresh shit nuggets, and if you look closely you can find a few dried shit nuggets. So, borrowing Barbara Corcoran's response to everything - 'I am out'.
Thetagang is now one of the few 'investin... | 0.098718 | 1.098718 |
x9oox1 | How Many People You Know Got Rich Through Stock Investing? | How many people, getting rich through stock investing, do you actually know? In real life I mean. Not celebrities or social media pretenders. Real people, in your life. How many of them became rich? By rich I mean millionaires or billionaires.
How many? | 4.467087 | 0.310569 | ValueInvesting | As a small retail investor you generally can't get rich by investing alone. You can get rich by earning a higher income and then investing that for a longer than average time so you gradually beat inflation and let compounding interest do it's magic. I also don't know anyone who got rich trading. | 0.7875 | 1.098069 |
l70vrq | Robinhood just blocked several stocks from being bought. They locked the buy button when it suited them. Don't buy Bitcoin on Robinhood. Ever. | Anyone following the WSB drama this morning will see that several brokers have blocked only the 'Buy' button to prevent GME, AMC etc being purchased. People can still sell. Don't let this happen to your bitcoin. Don't buy bitcoin on Robinhood. | 162.498964 | 1 | Bitcoin | You can sue Robinhood. Already some cases being filed now 😁 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-28/robinhood-customers-sue-over-removal-of-gamestop?utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&cmpid=socialflow-facebook-business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3i... | 0.097573 | 1.097573 |
l7mym2 | The criminals that took GME down 371 points (77%) with only 8 million shares should rot in jail | Who was pulling the strings on multiple brokers to ban clients from buying $GME and causing panic selling as well as margin liquidations? By locking out investors, brokers took away the bid for the stock. The market makers then orchestrated a drop of 371 points, 77% with ONLY 8 million shares traded triggering multiple... | 128.065696 | 1 | options | Like ethical hackers, there need to be ethical shorts. There are two sides to a market and these overloaded shorts to kill companies is disgusting. If I short something and I am wrong - ok, my fault - but to then close the market because you're about to blow up while simultaneously closing out retail traders at prices ... | 0.089613 | 1.089613 |
w8l7pf | $26 Should Be The Minimum Wage According to MIT (read) | Feel free to check your area's Living wage; this is the same [calculator](https://livingwage.mit.edu/) used in "The Fight for $15", which started in 2012. [CHECK RENTS HERE](https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmrs/FY2022_code/select_Geography.odn) \*\*
Adjusting for [inflation](https://www.bls.gov/data/inflat... | 23.135689 | 0.598259 | economy | Title is very misleading.
So the minimum wage should be $26/hour in *New York City?*
That does **NOT** mean that the national minimum wage should be $26/hr. Cost of living varies wildly from urban to suburban to rural areas, and even from urban areas from state to state.
I've been saying for years that minimum wage ... | 0.491124 | 1.089383 |
l9f2m3 | I guess Thetagang is my new home now | Long time WSB member. Been dabbling in Thetagang for years even when it was all one in WSB.
Really sucks to see WSB blow up so quickly and lose the culture. There used to be some really solid DD and some really smart people just acting like a bunch of idiots. Now, it’s just a bunch of idiots.
So with that. I guess T... | 24.110697 | 1 | thetagang | There is definitely good stuff in the big three Reddit fin subs. You won’t hit any grand slams making money off theta decay. But it can provided consistent returns.
Selling does take on more risk, and you are getting paid to do so. Just be careful and don’t step out in front of a semi. | 0.088462 | 1.088462 |
dhuq60 | Bernie Sanders unveils plan to raise corporate tax rate to 35% and ban stock buybacks | Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders introduced a plan on Monday that would reverse President Donald Trump's tax cuts for businesses and return the corporate tax rate to 35% from its current 21%.
The Corporate Accountability and Democracy Plan would also eliminate many of the tax breaks and loopholes in the ... | 49.0618 | 1 | investing | as we've learned with Donald Trump as President, we have a system of checks and balances that make proposals like this little more than headlines. this would never actually get passed, just like Elizabeth Warren's plans to break up big tech.
POTUS is not a dictator. he wouldn't have the power to do this himself, nor ... | 0.087719 | 1.087719 |
s098pv | How are covered calls not free money | So unlike some of the guys on WSB I'm not stupid enough to think that there's a free money glitch in the market somewhere, hence my question is where I'm missing something: from my understanding, selling OTM covered calls on stocks you'd golf anyway can't result in an actual loss, ignoring missed capital gains of cours... | 1.620021 | 0.080287 | thetagang | 1. You discover CC as "free money" (**YOU ARE HERE**)
2. You have success for X months writing CC against your ABC shares and collecting said "free money"
3. After X months, ABC gets great news and ABC proceeds to rocket past your CC strike
4. Knowing ABC is on a path towards the moon, you buy back your CC for a massiv... | 1 | 1.080287 |
1xewcs | Starting Stock | Hi, I'm a teenager looking to get into stocks to make some money and I'm unsure if I should invest in typical blue chips or go with penny stocks? I start with about $500 and trade with either ETrade or Scott trade. Any tips from anyone? | 19.461427 | 0.574377 | finance | Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Unfortunately for smart blokes like you or me, you cannot simply jump into stocks and make money. That is called day trading, and for most people, you're going to have about the same outcome as betting blindfolded in a casino.
First, here's what you **don't** do:
* Penny stocks. This is the gam... | 0.505292 | 1.079669 |
y4tasl | I have lost 40% of investment in stock market, how is it possible to recover? | I’m 26 years old, I’m currently unemployed, I have a debt of 14k and I had saved 100k, in January I invested in dividend stocks: swk, intc, vfc, cmcsa, ally and para, but since January my portfolio lost 40% so now I need to earn 66.70%, yesterday I closed all my positions, so now I only have 60k.
should I invest in ss... | 1.396551 | 0.078788 | dividends | Ah yes, the buy high panic sell low strategy, never disappoints. Do not invest money you'll need in less than 10 years time and this is exactly why. I'm down 40% on many positions as well but I'm chilling and doing what you should've been doing too - the opposite - buying more. Do you realise you made the biggest mista... | 1 | 1.078788 |
rf243x | Hyperinflation | Ok, I buy crypto and spend A lot of time on crypto Twitter and I notice they always talk about hyperinflation is coming and it's the end of the world, and compare it to the weimer republic.
I want to ask someone that actually knows economics works because I see hyperinflation thrown around since January and I haven't ... | 3.587592 | 0.262899 | AskEconomics | Unbeknownst to many, there is in fact an actual definition of the word ['hyperinflation'](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/hyperinflation.asp). Which is a 50% increase in the price level per month. While what the US is seeing remains under 7% for the year, while the multi year trend has been barely any inflation at... | 0.815789 | 1.078689 |
k9ahz7 | A Gentle Reminder about Life | I certainly don't want to deter people from saving and thinking about their future. Just remember that there is life now too. I just got done diagnosing Alzheimer's in a woman in her early 60's.
Her and her husband were looking forward to travel and leisure and life, all these things they forbade themselves in the pr... | 30.664985 | 1 | FinancialPlanning | Also reminder that it’s never too early to invest in your health (physical, mental, spiritual). While it can’t prevent everything, being smart about how you treat your body will payoff in more ways than one in the future | 0.076404 | 1.076404 |
lowvnw | I've been successfully trading since the late 90s. All I have is a single cheap 27" HP monitor. What gains did I miss out on by not having 6 monitors? | I was also a professional derivatives trader. Even at work, all we needed were two monitors. A lot of us old guys (mid 40s) are still very actively trading and for the life of us, we dont understand why folks need that many monitors.
What are we missing out on? I'm not being snarky or sarcastic. Why do you need that... | 27.028855 | 0.712874 | Daytrading | Haha love it, going to upvote you...I have traded since 1995.. I have 1 monitor but it is 32 inches but I find it hilarious when I see 3-10 monitors...the only thing I'd say with that is you can have the monitors focused for chart's, news or specific stocks....
Occasionally I'll take out a laptop and use my phone also.... | 0.363233 | 1.076106 |
mvk9na | If trading is such a potential “gold mine”, why doesn’t everyone do it? | I know that “being rich” might not be the philosophy of successful and consistent traders, but the ones that are successful seem to get great financial reward.
So my question is, why doesn’t everyone do it? | 2.285907 | 0.075789 | Trading | The sunk cost requirements in time, knowledge and startup capital. If you want to be a serious investor and see enough returns from trading to turn it into successful career you're gonna have to put in at the dozens to hundreds of hour studying, reading, watching tutorial guides and lessons. Navigating the minefield of... | 1 | 1.075789 |
6h5oqz | [ETH Daily Discussion] - 14/Jun/2017 | Welcome to the ETH Daily Discussion thread of /r/EthTrader.
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- Genera... | 23.603029 | 0.725959 | ethtrader | I'm baffled right now. This doesn't feel like real life. I'm seeing people complaining about a dip, and looking for answers to why the price is going down. Some idiot who will not be named is saying below that while portfolios drop "10%, 20%, 50%" that the "hodl" advice is only to protect our own interest....nigga what... | 0.349788 | 1.075748 |
9hnw8z | Pigzbe Features and Benefits | Safe
Fully borderless (available in more than 180 countries)
Accessible to all
Fun and engaging
trainer
Fast transfer between 3 and 6 seconds
Cheap transaction costs less than $ 0.01 | 0.273176 | 0.074866 | crypto_currency | Transactions within Pigzbe are made using Wollo, the platform’s native token. Wollo is a token that will be purchased on the open market via a number of exchanges, and it enables access to a fun and exciting family environment that helps children learn about saving through play. It serves the dual purpose of boosting ... | 1 | 1.074866 |
9hnw8z | Pigzbe Features and Benefits | Safe
Fully borderless (available in more than 180 countries)
Accessible to all
Fun and engaging
trainer
Fast transfer between 3 and 6 seconds
Cheap transaction costs less than $ 0.01 | 0.273176 | 0.074866 | crypto_currency | Pigzbe uses a child-friendly crypto-currency hardware wallet that runs throughout an interactive application in the hope of attracting children's attention on crypto currencies and related technologies. | 1 | 1.074866 |
9hnw8z | Pigzbe Features and Benefits | Safe
Fully borderless (available in more than 180 countries)
Accessible to all
Fun and engaging
trainer
Fast transfer between 3 and 6 seconds
Cheap transaction costs less than $ 0.01 | 0.273176 | 0.074866 | crypto_currency | Pigzbe It is estimated that by 2020 it will exceed $3 trillion,
and that it will represent 10% of the world’s GDP by 2025. By the end of 2017, there were 6
an estimated 21 million cryptocurrency users, and cryptocurrency use has been
growing at 102% CAGR.
7
A key benefit of blockchain solutions is that they suppor... | 1 | 1.074866 |
l807am | "Wealthsimple Inc., a commission-free Canadian online brokerage with more than 350,000 clients, is warning traders about the risks of investing in certain highly speculative stocks, but isn’t planning to halt trading in those shares." | (Bloomberg) -- Wealthsimple Inc., a commission-free Canadian online brokerage with more than 350,000 clients, is warning traders about the risks of investing in certain highly speculative stocks, but isn’t planning to halt trading in those shares.
Wealthsimple, whose motto is “get rich slow,” doesn’t offer riskier inv... | 27.730366 | 1 | CanadianInvestor | Is anyone else getting an error when you are trying to set a limit price sell? I have some GME that I want to set and cannot even get the order placed without an error. Tried a dozen times.
EDIT: They've emailed me back saying anything greater than 30% of the delayed quote price will get rejected. This is of course a ... | 0.074847 | 1.074847 |
t90lns | I have capitulated | Ok guys, I've officially capitulated. Apparently I misread my /CL trade I was putting on as only requiring $11,000 to be cash-secured, but that was not the case, it needs $110,000 to be cash-secured. I sold a put at the $115 strike that has exploded in BP. Coupled with some NET cash-secured puts sitting at the $110 str... | 7.965792 | 0.339785 | thetagang | I just took a quick browse through your post history. It's a tough break. In fairness to the sub, though, pretty much every comment was screaming at you trying to get you to understand your risks. You might be done trading, but listening is a lifelong skill. A little humility would have saved you from a lot of your poo... | 0.733333 | 1.073118 |
wn0266 | What’s a financial decision you’ve watched someone make that made you scream inside? | I’ll preface this with - I didn’t say anything negative to her, I just screamed internally.
One of my friends and her husband (both 33) rent a nice 3 bedroom place. They’ve said many times that they’re struggling to save enough money for a deposit on a house and have said that their combined income is roughly $90k.
... | 29.691889 | 0.871385 | AusFinance | Calling out myself to be fair: picking the homebrand of something over the name brand because "50c here and there adds up" but then happily dropping $50 on some new hobby I'll probably only do once because "it's only 50 bucks". | 0.200786 | 1.072171 |
cdu8k5 | 32, Black Woman, Single Mom, Raised in Hood, Drug Addicted & Absentee Parents, Once Was Homeless & Preggo Just Crossed 100K Net Worth Living in NY |
As the title states....
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I've been a long time lurker and just crunched the numbers tonight and wanted to share. I am so happy. I did it. Brings tears to my eyes.
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I'm 32, African American and a single mom of 1 teenager. I was born and raised in a true "hood", long ago, before gentrificatio... | 47.583869 | 1 | financialindependence | Now *this* is a story I love to see more on this subreddit.
 
One of the beauties of this story is that it is relatable to me. As a Hispanic male born into homelessness in East LA in the 80s, the odds of success is incredibly steep. Social, economical, and educational struggles can easily derail the succ... | 0.07188 | 1.07188 |
vyr2qx | I'm gonna be sick... | I tried to buy a house. I met with a broker and we crunched all the numbers: income, expenses, savings, assets, etc. He gave me a figure to work with.
I purchased a house in Sydney for 100k less than what he said I could borrow. Signed the contract and everything.
It's a week before settlement and the broker has just... | 23.038054 | 0.677846 | AusFinance | I’m really sorry you’re in this position, I know it is incredibly stressful. I am a lender at one of the Big 4, feel free to PM me if you’d like me to help - I’d be happy to run the calculations and see what your position is to make sure that the broker/the bank has calculated your income correctly before you take the ... | 0.394013 | 1.071859 |
l5ptjl | Official Statement Regarding the WSB $GME plays | Good afternoon r/dividends,
This post is to let the record show that the moderators of r/dividends support our fellow investors at r/wallstreetbets in their quest to make as much money from the Gamestop short squeeze as possible.
This community believes wholeheartedly in all retail investors making money. We do not ... | 21.998667 | 1 | dividends | Funny story:
I made a post on r/wallstreetbets about this: [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/l5quxa/i_am_the_lead_moderator_of_rdividends_just/). It was removed in seven minutes. Currently reaching out to the mods for assistance. | 0.07156 | 1.07156 |
7q7imt | Why need to stand up to Bittrex. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE UPVOTE. Help 1000s of people. Missing 1000s of dollars. With support MIA for months. | I just finished a scan of reddit and twitter, searching for Bittrex support issues. It's ridiculous to read about some clients of theirs who have been waiting 4+ months for a response, let alone a resolution.
This just isn't right. They happily accepted our deposits to trade. That's an agreement that our issues shoul... | 40.244086 | 1 | CryptoMarkets | I imagine they are a young company that did not build their platform and business for scalability. If they have 100,000’s of users hitting their site consistently then they might be finding themselves in a place where their cost to manage the system could have been outpacing the amount of money they collect in fees (wh... | 0.069106 | 1.069106 |
l92fz7 | Jim Cramer Gave an Interview in 2006 on how the Hedge Funds Manipulate the Markets | [https://www.reuters.com/article/cramer-interview-idUKN2036292620070320](https://www.reuters.com/article/cramer-interview-idUKN2036292620070320)
[Direct link to Interview Video since the old in-article links aren't working](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpMEFtPZJLc)
"What's important when you're in that hedge fund ... | 31.158201 | 0.636667 | investing | I'm watching this and can't believe how it's so blatant. This guy has a show that millions of people watch where he literally pumps and dumps stocks on a daily basis for his hedge fund buddies and they have the audacity to say WSB/Retail investors are the problem? | 0.431835 | 1.068502 |
6w8q7c | Hacked on bittrex for 100k. Need to know what happened | So today I went on www.bittrex.com to create an account and deposited roughly 26 BTC and traded them for other coins. Of course before doing this I did the basic verification, phone verification and enhanced verification and the 2FA authentication. I tested everything out and everything seemed fine... Then I logged ou... | 2.40948 | 0.066185 | CryptoMarkets | these are API calls. Most likely you logged onto a spoofed phishing site, and it sent api calls to the real site to get valid account balance info/etc so it would look normal to you. As soon as you logged off, it sold your shit and sent it to that great wallet in the sky.
The momentary delay during your initial login... | 1 | 1.066185 |
k9ahz7 | A Gentle Reminder about Life | I certainly don't want to deter people from saving and thinking about their future. Just remember that there is life now too. I just got done diagnosing Alzheimer's in a woman in her early 60's.
Her and her husband were looking forward to travel and leisure and life, all these things they forbade themselves in the pr... | 30.664985 | 1 | FinancialPlanning | For sure- I found out 2 weeks ago my neighbor pal has early onset dementia at 58, just tragic. I had just talked to her earlier this year, as we regularly did, about her plans to retire early- she had "just made the last payment on her house and looking forward to having less stress!" Sigh. And now her one daughter, of... | 0.064045 | 1.064045 |
oi0ae0 | What was your biggest investment mistake? | Let me start by saying that I think we can learn a lot from other people’s mistakes and our own. In the hopes of avoiding them in the future. This should be an interesting discussion. | 3.91763 | 0.276423 | ValueInvesting | I sold about 1/3 of my portfolio before covid hit globally anticipating a crash. Temporarily thought I made the right move when the crash came. Realized I totally shit the bed when it rebounded and I bought back in around what I sold it for. Paid dearly in taxes last year. I always believed that you can’t time the ma... | 0.7875 | 1.063923 |
ht5mme | Why is the financial sector able to maintain such high wages and profits compared to other professional services sectors? Why doesn’t this attract more competition that results in wages and profit margins being forced down? | Wall Street has essentially no artificial restriction on the amount of people who can achieve the credentials required to enter the industry, unlike, say, medicine, which is restricted by the amount of medical school graduates, which is turn restricted by the number of medical schools. Also, it is not a winner take all... | 13.091056 | 0.886978 | AskEconomics | For the investing industry, there is actually a fair amount of competition. The average hedge fund [only lasts for five years](https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/07/31/1913792/most-hedge-funds-fail/), while [the average mutual fund fares marginally better at 8.6.](https://www.visualcapitalist.com/can-mutual-fund-get-bett... | 0.176316 | 1.063294 |
mkzt1f | I have a secret to share - shhhhh | After first 2-3 millions, a paid off home and a good car, there is no difference In qualify of life between you and Jeff Bezos. Both of you have limited amount of time on earth - you have twice if not more than Jeff, so you are richer than him. A cheese burger is a cheese burger whether a billionaire eats or you do.
... | 16.78318 | 1 | fatFIRE | I'll agree with you that $2-3 million is plenty; I'll disagree that it's just as good as Bezos money. I'm FIREd and still have to pay attention to what stuff costs. Bezos doesn't. I made a decision that spending more time in a corporate job in exchange for more freedom to spend lavishly when I was done wasn't worth the... | 0.063043 | 1.063043 |
vtlw5c | The U.S. is not a democracy anymore, it is an oligarchy | 3 people have more money than the bottom 50% of Americans. 3 investment firms control virtually everything: Blackstone, Vanguard, State Street. Most Congress, House, Senators, and even the president are bribed and paid off by big corporations to do their bidding, which usually means fucking over the middle/lower classe... | 38.772362 | 1 | economy | Exactly. There’s no free market. There’s no free media. There’s no free election (all the candidates are carefully vetted and the winner is pretty much pre-determined).
Just illusions of freedom and choices. | 0.06213 | 1.06213 |
7og50a | WARNING: Brutal scam. Guy buys a Ledger Nano wallet on Ebay, and it steals all his cryptocurrency ($34,000, which is his life's savings). | Cross-posted from /r/BTC. As many as possible in the crypto space should be educated.
Here is his post:
https://np.reddit.com/r/ledgerwallet/comments/7obot7/all_my_cryptocurrency_stolen/
Here's where we find out how he was scammed. The scam Ledger Nano (bought on Ebay) came with a "scratch off" paper, to reveal the... | 11.727575 | 0.365222 | ethtrader | That's ingenious. Relevant to the other discussion regarding ledgers, there's little need to make intensely complex hardware or firmware hacks when people will always be the weak link in the securiy chain. | 0.693935 | 1.059157 |
p3c6us | What do you do that you earn six figures? | It seems like a lot of people make a lot of money and it seems like I’m missing out on something. So those of you that do, whats your occupation that pays so well? | 30.918648 | 0.652199 | financialindependence | I drive a tow truck in metro Atlanta and clean up wrecks on I-285 & I-75. It's a lot of hours and being on call sucks especially working nights. But I'm at $100k so far this year. It'll be my best year yet. Hope to finish the year around $160k | 0.406617 | 1.058815 |
m3g13g | Is there a better sub where comments aren’t hidden 99.9% of the time? | So often someone will ask an amazing question, something I’m really interested in getting a good answer to, or even someone’s opinion, but I always just see that message explaining that comments need to be approved.
99.9% is an exaggeration, but not many people are going to come back to look at a post to see if any c... | 14.812156 | 1 | AskEconomics | I think there is a trade-off on Reddit between high quality content and ease of posting.
This sub has some of the highest quality responses that I have seen on Reddit, but it comes at the cost of heavy moderation and a long approval process to get comments visible. Generally I save posts from this sub that I am inter... | 0.057895 | 1.057895 |
ldzd8u | WSB ruined investment based subs on Reddit. | You cant even post about moderate gains without some fanatic or social justice warrior trying to tell you that you are a "paper handed bitch" or that you "turned your back on the movement". What fucking movement?! Stocks are not a movement. What happened with the meme stocks is not a movement. It's a bunch of idiots wh... | 37.284055 | 1 | StockMarket | We welcome all those who are looking for a legitimate, focused investment/trading sub.
All our mods are or have been heavily active traders and/or wall street professionals and while the sub isn't perfect right now due to the massive amount of new subscribers and only a small number of moderators, we are working very ... | 0.057632 | 1.057632 |
nrc7cg | Stop feeling sympathetic for those that lost their $ on naked AMC/GME Calls | I understand it sucks to see people losing their life savings, but we have been telling you not to sell naked calls on meme stocks FOR 6 FUCKING MONTHS. That’s more than enough time to grasp the fact that the premium on meme stock options are high for a reason. I have absolutely no sympathy for any of you. To the ones ... | 23.058911 | 0.956989 | thetagang | its becoming downright ridiculous. not only for options but for stocks as well. i hear from so many around me not only them, they got their spouses into the game as well... create robinhood account and start trading... then they proudly tell hey we are up few bucks on amc or bb etc.. i am like did you sell? no. so you ... | 0.098718 | 1.055707 |
lkrrp9 | META: Is there anything we can do about the fact that 90% of the posts in this sub are all just asking to ‘rate my portfolio’, most of which contain the same handful of ETFs? | Hi everyone, I’m a fairly new user on this sub but I just wanted to bring up the conversation on something I’ve noticed.
If you look at the posts in the sub, almost all of them are from people asking others to rate their portfolio. Aside from the fact that it’s hard to see so few posts on any other topic, it drives me... | 28.702497 | 1 | ETFs | I’m also new to this sub, but I’ve found it to be mostly fantastic and helpful. You get your handful of people asking about what you’re complaining about, but by no means does it seem overwhelming or a burden, at least not to me. When I scroll through the posts I find tons of thoughtful, intelligent info - way more tha... | 0.055249 | 1.055249 |
mpzbju | It is done | ​
[Because editing my name out of 4 JPEGs is fuck \(also lifeline didnt email a receipt yet\)](https://preview.redd.it/rs0tn8agvws61.png?width=2048&format=png&auto=webp&s=80f27687dd731dd419a0138586c54a4a8ebe5167)
Hey Cunts,
So the last few runs of DW8 and EXR have finally pipped me over the $1... | 21.34183 | 1 | ASX_Bets | You absolute weapon 👏🏽 You’re too good for this place mate. Really makes me proud to be a part of this community when I see people like yourself sharing their good fortune with those that need it. Cheers 🍻 | 0.054608 | 1.054608 |
6t57w1 | ETH price is gonna moon this weekend! ICO's gonna dump into it! | Edit: please check comments and upvote for free Reddit gold!
Now that Bitfinex is restricting EOS and SAN er20 tokens for US customers people are gonna dump those coins and get back into ETH before August 16th. This is great for Ethereum long term, because pretty much all the value that drained out of Ethereum from lo... | 1.492378 | 0.05431 | ethtrader | For every one upvote that this comment receives, I will give you one gold on the condition that the Ether price tops 349.99 USD by 12:00 AM Monday EST.
Edit: 12:00 AM EST Sunday.. BTC hogged volume, need a 17% gain tomorrow.
Edit II: 5:00 PM EST Sunday.. Ruh-Roh
Edit III: 11:55 PM EST Sunday. Bitcoin Cash is on Pol... | 1 | 1.05431 |
fdlriy | You are not "family" to your company. If you have an opportunity to better yourself, take it. They will do the same when it comes to cutting ties with you. | People tend to feel a sense of guilt when it comes to leaving a job like they owe them or their coworkers something. That is because America preaches this "family" culture that we are such a strong team all working together. In reality, if they need to close your entire division, they will do it without hesitation. If ... | 109.943272 | 0.917036 | personalfinance | I just put my resignation in today.
3 years of being perpetually short staffed, pushed to the absolute max, and taken for granted finally came to a head. 3 years of, "it will get better. We will ~~higher~~ hire ^((edit: I changed it, please...no more messages. I'm sorry I offended so many people with my error)) more p... | 0.135579 | 1.052614 |
mrwmvg | The Missing Link of Next Investors: Why you should know what Amplicat is before you purchase ANY shares held by Next Investors. | #Disclaimer
The following post contains strictly public information that I have gathered from my own independent research. This information concerns the operations of S3 Consortiums, who I call "Next Investors", and the publicly listed companies they operate with. All further analysis built on top of this is my own, ... | 18.611215 | 0.875102 | ASX_Bets | Jesus fucking christ. I knew they were paid in shares but to actually boast about raising price of shares ahead of a known capital raise?
Their pumps and dumps were already hard enough to play recently due to the increase of bots but this is actually fucked. | 0.177474 | 1.052576 |
xxt9k4 | Asda has announced it is offering over 60’s unlimited hot drinks, hot soup and a roll for just £1 through November and December. | Asda has announced all of its own in-store cafe’s will be offering over 60’s a roll, hot soup and hot drinks through November and December for £1 to help with the cost of living crisis.
This isn’t strictly personal finance related but I’m sure there’s plenty of people over this age or with family over this age that m... | 98.747532 | 1 | UKPersonalFinance | Honestly what about young people?
Its really hard take but im positive next government will pave a way for young people. Theyre simply being ignored.
edit: I have love for elderly and not saying they should be ignored but this types of initiatives from Asda seems kinda discriminatory. | 0.051048 | 1.051048 |
71c0w4 | [UPDATE] I found out that a coworker in the same position, with the same education, experience, workload, etc. is making almost twice what I make | [Original Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/6t8hme/i_found_out_that_a_coworker_in_the_same_position/?st=J7T77MXH&sh=810eb4d6)
For those of you who read my original post, I just wanted to update. Everyone was so encouraging and supportive, I really did not expect it!
After making my post, I ... | 119.898075 | 1 | personalfinance | Good on you. This whole baby boomer mentality of not disclosing pay is bullshit. As long as the other person is comfortable telling you, it's not your bosses business. Once I had the other job in hand, I would have simply explained that you knew she was underpaying you, and that unless she offered you equal pay with a ... | 0.051031 | 1.051031 |
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