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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 60 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Don’t worry, tariffs will crash the stock, leaving thousands of human people destitute and several billionaires disgruntled.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 27 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Those poor, slightly annoyed billionaires.

[–] neatobuilds@lemmy.today 11 points 6 months ago

Oh boo guess they'll just have to buy up all the land for extra cheap

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 36 points 6 months ago (2 children)

So what you're saying is I need to buy Nvidia stock now

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 54 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Buy high, sell low. The wallstreetbets way.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago

And investing the 500k you got from your grandpa's inheritance

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It's so tempting to short it, but the moment I do God will look down and personally ensure the stock sees record highs until I see a lethal amount of debt

[–] 7toed@midwest.social 18 points 6 months ago

Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent

Wish I knew where I heard that one

The market and valuation of stonks has disconnected from reality for a longer time already, so yeah dangerous game...

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 30 points 6 months ago

Market cap isn't real money, it is investor fee-fees.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 27 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It's not so much bubble behaviour as it is widescale fraud across the stock market.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 16 points 6 months ago

Those aren't mutually exclusive terms

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

For sure, the happenings now are due to Chinese influence and not organic, but still.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago

I think the issue is less about who is manipulating it - basically everyone is - and more about the lack of regulation and control to prevent, stop, or even punish those manipulating the stock market negatively, be it for greater profits or political.

[–] LouNeko@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

This kids, is why we don't compare networth to income.

[–] sunglocto@lemmy.zip 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This isn't a very good comparison.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Different companies in different eras with different market situations but you can really put any stock which bubbled up there and draw the same conclusions.

The reason they chose CISCO 2000 is because it had such a large marketcap compared to percentage of GDP.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

Why not? A hardware company that was a huge part of the country's GDP, and essential to the companies at the center of the bubble?

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Savouring the anticipative Schadenfreude of that inevitable pop and the disarray which will follow is one of the few things which keep me going. And it won't make me happy in the slightest when the waves'll hit pretty much everyone around.

But I'd be lying if I said I won't take immense satisfaction in the fall of every one of these monoliths. And I still hold the belief that humanity won't just keep on hammering itself in the face like this over and over again. Maybe when this one falls... y'know? Or maybe the next one if not this one. Narrowing horizon of action, but it isn't closed yet.

Edit: crap, sorry about the dump. Going through it, it seems.