#Hedge

Peter Mallouk

PeterMallouk

A thread on hedge funds, shorting stocks and trading vigilantes.1. First, let’s cover hedge funds. A hedge fund is simply a fund that collects money from wealthy investors and institutions

Mayukh Sikdar

MayukhSikdar

#MMC946Melvin capital decided to short 140% of GME stocks, unfortunately for them, the price went up and some people on r/wallstreetbets noticed. They decided to buy up GME stocks in

macrocephalopod

macrocephalopod

"But 'ceph you made a big deal of introducing this with a concrete example and didn't say anything about how the hedge fund would use this to make money."Okay, fair

Josh Wolfe

wolfejosh

1/ Absolutely PERFECT from @scmallaby in @washingtonpost Some highlighted excerptshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/30/good-guys-gamestop-story-its-hedge-funds-short-sellers/ 2/ "...at least our culture generally applauds

I have to wear shoes? 🌹

migbike

A thread about GameStop:Big hedge funds made big bets that GameStop’s stock was overvalued. The way these bets work is the hedge fund borrows shares of the stock and sells

King Mac

KingMac1129

The great thing about the GameStop situation is that a group of seemingly young regular folk has beaten what many consider some of the smartest people on Wall Street which

George Conboy

gtconboy

What's the deal with Gamestop (GME) and the flurry of big upside in a number of other stocks this Week? (thread) In brief, some big investors (hedge funds) borrowed shares

Chasse Rehwinkel

chasserehwinkel

For whatever reason *COUGH* GameStop *COUGH* I'm getting a lot of questions these days about what actually is a hedge fund. So I figured I'd just provide a quick primer

Robin Wigglesworth

RobinWigg

This is great, as you’d expect. But IMO the missing part of a lot of the discussion around the hedge fund basis trade unwind in March is what *could* have

Zero Liability Capital

ZLCap

Complex Capital Structures Understanding the value of a credit instrument involves understanding where value lies within the capital structure of a business unit as well as among different business units.Example:

Ben Shapiro

benshapiro

Much of the enthusiasm for the GameStop prank is rooted in a fundamental misconception that the stock market is merely a casino. This is untrue. The stock market provides three

Matt Pearce 🦅

mattdpearce

When journalists talk about Wall Street harvesting newspapers for organs, this is what we’re talking about. The Chicago Tribune already has layoffs to hit a 10% profit margin. Now a

AllDayFaders

team3dstocks

He (Elon) complains about shortselling meanwhile EVERY big investor/fund that invests in stocks (including $TSLA) do so confidently b/c they have the security of being able to hedge their portfolio

Dave Rahardja → 🏡

drahardja

People celebrating the Gamestop rally-slash-hedge fund-rout as some populist class warfare need to keep in mind which class is fighting against which.Do YOU have a million dollars you can afford

#xrpcommunity

xrpcommunity

This is what's going on in the Stock market for those who are What is Short Selling?(By an anonymous user)This will help people understand thesituation, and short selling in general.A

Tren Griffin

trengriffin

1/ "Value at Risk (VAR) is one of the dumbest ideas ever put forward." Charlie Munger"Life in financial markets has no relation to standard deviation." Warren BuffettHedge funds "love them

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