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The News Media is lying to cover for the Hedge Funds
Medium ^ | February 1, 2021 | Matt Latsha

Posted on 02/01/2021 10:23:04 AM PST by saxonjf

The Stock Market rebellion has been a recent dynamic that has gone after hedge fund managers who use a technique called the “short-sell.” The short-sell strategy makes money by reducing the price of stocks that they never actually owned. They “borrow” stocks from other people, sell them at a relatively higher price, then buy them back after they’ve tanked, give the stock back to the original owner with a fee, and keep the rest of the profit. They’re basically hyenas. Ben Shapiro made a great video explaining what is happening.

You expect the hedge fund managers who are losing money to all they can to stop this. Citadel LLC, who are major hedge fund managers work directly with the Robinhood app, and they’re making sure that you can’t use the app to join in the rebellion: they’re stopping or severely limiting the ability to purchase their short-sell stock. But the true tragedy is that the Mainstream Media, the people are are supposed to be informing you about what’s going on, is lying to cover for them.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: msm; news; reddit; stockmarket

1 posted on 02/01/2021 10:23:04 AM PST by saxonjf
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To: saxonjf

They lie about everything all the time.


2 posted on 02/01/2021 10:24:33 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: saxonjf

Short sellers suck. May every last one of them end up holding a ‘will work for food’ sign, bastards.


3 posted on 02/01/2021 10:24:36 AM PST by RedStateRocker ("Never miss a good chance to Shut Up" - Will Rogers)
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To: saxonjf

Sort of on-topic: Link to an audio update by Mike Adams. Pretty sobering, but not completely without hope:

https://www.healthrangerreport.com/

Select the 02/01/21 update.


4 posted on 02/01/2021 10:26:09 AM PST by AFB-XYZ (Stand up, or bend over)
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To: saxonjf

Many should aspire to last longer than the kool aid they are drinking. (apologies to REAL KOOL - AID)

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=kool+aide&t=osx&iax=images&ia=images


5 posted on 02/01/2021 10:27:33 AM PST by PGalt (confirmed: past peak civilization)
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To: AFB-XYZ

The News Media is lying to cover for the Hedge Funds

The News Media is lying? What? When did that happen, wow!


6 posted on 02/01/2021 10:29:27 AM PST by JayAr36 (My disgust with government is complete.)
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To: saxonjf

bookmark


7 posted on 02/01/2021 10:30:59 AM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: saxonjf
They “borrow” stocks from other people, sell them at a relatively higher price, then buy them back after they’ve tanked, give the stock back to the original owner with a fee, and keep the rest of the profit.

Yes, that's the idea. Sometimes they lose. But what is usually missing from the conversation and media stories is that they don't really "borrow a share" and sell it. That is just how it is ledgered on the trading desk books. But in fact, if your shares are borrowed by a short, the share never leave your book. What really happens (to put it in general terms) is that your shares are replaced with an IOU for shares; but your statement will still reflect that you own them. You can sell or trade or hedge the IOUs just like regular shares. The impact of this is that the actual supply of "shares" is increased by the number of IOUs.

So in a stock like GME the number of real shares is 100%, and if 100% of those were borrowed the number of shares plus IOUs available to trade is actually 200% of the numbers authorized and sold by the company. It only takes economics 101 to understand that shorting increases the supply of "shares", and that has a depressive effect on the price unless demand increases proportionally to the increase in supply. That is why shorts target particular stocks that seem to be on the rocks, or don't have massive street support, or are going through a difficult business cycle like GE has recently.

8 posted on 02/01/2021 10:33:42 AM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: JayAr36

Heh. I know, right? They would never, ever, EVER lie. Would they?


9 posted on 02/01/2021 10:37:15 AM PST by AFB-XYZ (Stand up, or bend over)
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To: saxonjf

The media is enemy #1.
At the very least, they are the tip of the enemy’s spear.
The number one weapon.
They should be dealt with first.
Then should come the corrupt elite rulers and their corrupt election system.


10 posted on 02/01/2021 10:38:47 AM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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To: monkeyshine

Bttt. Thanks


11 posted on 02/01/2021 10:43:40 AM PST by Track9 (English language instruction in china is sponsored by the CCP to facilitate espionage. )
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To: saxonjf

As I recall Soros was big in the hedge fund business.


12 posted on 02/01/2021 10:56:35 AM PST by Don Corleone
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To: saxonjf

Correct me if I am wrong, but didn’t Chelsea Clinton work for a hedge fund company?


13 posted on 02/01/2021 10:59:57 AM PST by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: 7thson

Chealsea’s husband was a “manager” but got out when Hillary was going to win...


14 posted on 02/01/2021 11:41:01 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes. )
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To: saxonjf

There is no “news” media. There is a massive propaganda arm of the commie democrat party that would make Goebbel’s blush.


15 posted on 02/01/2021 12:01:00 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes. )
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To: RedStateRocker

Counterparties on bad trades are the best people in the world. They put all new money into the stock market.

Shorting is something you do on a widely held, gamestock through the last year is no longer liquid enough for their play.

To bad some hedge funds gave away money to some apes who figured out a 140% short intrest was a trade to do, it is what they do 4 out 5 years.

The entire wall street bets deal was what they call Loss Porn. You go there for the crowd to abuse and feelz something for a bet gone wrong. Your posting your poker hand being beat by the forth six on river.

The casino is rigged is a common refrain and that disparity is being exposed by poor stupid actions of the less established brokers.


16 posted on 02/03/2021 8:42:17 AM PST by protoconservative (Been Conservative Before You Were Born )
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