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Trump-linked SPAC Digital World Acquisition shares soar 90% on news of social media deal
CNBC ^ | October 21 2021 | Dan Mangan @_DANMANGAN Yun Li @YUNLI626 Christina Wilkie @CHRISTINAWILKIE

Posted on 10/21/2021 9:04:03 AM PDT by SmokingJoe

KEY POINTS The stock price of SPAC company Digital World Acquisition Corp. rocketed up more than 100% in trading after news of a merger that would launch former President Donald Trump's planned social media platform. Trump said he would roll out the platform called "TRUTH Social," which he claimed will "stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech." DWAC was incorporated as a special purpose acquisition company shortly after Trump lost a re-election bid against President Joe Biden. DWAC was among the top 10 most popular names on Reddit's WallStreetBets chatroom, even exceeding meme stock GameStop's mentions.

The stock price of SPAC company Digital World Acquisition Corp. rocketed up more than 100% in extremely heavy trading volume Thursday morning after news of a merger that would launch former President Donald Trump's planned social media platform.

Digital World Acquisition was the single most actively traded stock on the Fidelity platform Thursday, and was by far the most traded stock on the consolidated tape of New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq listings.

Buy orders for DWAC — a so-called special purpose acquisition company set up to raise capital in the public markets to purchase private firms — outnumbered sell orders by nearly three-to-one on Fidelity's platform.

Just two hours into the trading session, more than 210 million shares of DWAC had already changed hands, according to FactSet.

In comparison, SPY, the exchange-traded fund that tracks the S&P 500, only had traded about 12 million shares around the same time.

At its session high, the company's share price had risen 101% to hit $20.05 per share. Soon after, the price drifted down somewhat but was still up 86%.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2022election; 2024election; digitalworldacquisit; dwac; election2022; election2024; presidenttrump; socialmedia; spac; trump; truthsocial
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1 posted on 10/21/2021 9:04:03 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

Except that Trump did not lose.

He was winning by a landslide at 10PM - I was wondering why they had not called it for him.

Then they started closing polling in 4 states.

Suddenly, at 4AM, those same 4 states had an influx of millions of votes for Biden...


2 posted on 10/21/2021 9:08:01 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: SmokingJoe

Up 143% just now.


3 posted on 10/21/2021 9:08:27 AM PDT by Perseverando (Antifa, BLM, RINOs, Islamonazis, Marxists, Commucrats, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder!)
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To: Mr. K

The election was a scam on so many levels


4 posted on 10/21/2021 9:10:12 AM PDT by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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To: Mr. K

Correct.


5 posted on 10/21/2021 9:11:02 AM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: SmokingJoe
DWACU: Digital World Acquisition Corp.
$27.50 17.33 170.40%
6 posted on 10/21/2021 9:11:50 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: frogjerk

This is a major step toward correcting the steal.

You can’t fight and win a war unless you can communicate with your troops.


7 posted on 10/21/2021 9:12:42 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: Robert DeLong
Now at:

$29.61 19.44 191.15%

8 posted on 10/21/2021 9:13:58 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: SmokingJoe

bookmark


9 posted on 10/21/2021 9:15:38 AM PDT 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: SmokingJoe

They just halted trading on this security.


10 posted on 10/21/2021 9:21:57 AM PDT by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Robert DeLong
It fell back down:

$26.81 16.64 163.62%

11 posted on 10/21/2021 9:23:34 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: SmokingJoe

Crazy that there is roughly 36 million shares!


12 posted on 10/21/2021 9:26:00 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules
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To: jacknhoo

Still trading:

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/DWAC?p=DWAC&.tsrc=fin-srch


13 posted on 10/21/2021 9:26:36 AM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: bigbob

You can’t fight and win a war unless you can communicate with your troops.

************

Command, control and communications. :)


14 posted on 10/21/2021 9:26:56 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: US_MilitaryRules

Crazy that there is roughly 36 million shares!

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The VOLUME is 271 million at the moment.


15 posted on 10/21/2021 9:28:40 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: SmokingJoe

Yes, it just let me buy again...don’t know why they halted it, but it was only for a few minutes, because I bought some, sold some other stock and then tried to buy more and it was halted. But it just let me purchase more, so I’m good now.


16 posted on 10/21/2021 9:29:45 AM PDT by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: SmokingJoe

I bought DWAC this morning.

I consider my purchase to be a contribution to the MAGA movement.


17 posted on 10/21/2021 9:29:56 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: SmokingJoe

Bttt.

5.56mm


18 posted on 10/21/2021 9:32:01 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: bigbob

“””This is a major step toward correcting the steal. You can’t fight and win a war unless you can communicate with your troops.”””


Amen.

FReepers have been asking Trump to create his own social media network for months.

Now has come that opportunity to be a part of something very big.


19 posted on 10/21/2021 9:32:42 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Mr. K
"Except that Trump did not lose.

He was winning by a landslide at 10PM - I was wondering why they had not called it for him.

Then they started closing polling in 4 states.

Suddenly, at 4AM, those same 4 states had an influx of millions of votes for Biden..."

_______///________

Like you I remember. Propaganda is powerless against an inquisitive mind.

20 posted on 10/21/2021 9:35:14 AM PDT by WMarshal ("Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither.")
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