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9. Hedge fund should not be allowed to exist at all in a stock market.

Fri Jan 29, 2021, 05:35 PM

Jan 2021

If they want to gamble, they need to fall in love with horses, dogs or wrestlers.

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Why GameStop's stock surge is shaking Wall Street [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 OP

Like Holland's Tulip Mania modrepub Jan 2021 #1

Same here. Mike 03 Jan 2021 #2

One hedge fund has already gone under Sanity Claws Jan 2021 #3

This and F hedge funds that face no regulation RANDYWILDMAN Jan 2021 #4

Shorting on such a huge scale, as the hedge funds were doing Mariana Jan 2021 #7

Hedge fund should not be allowed to exist at all in a stock market. BComplex Jan 2021 #9

It's trading calguy Jan 2021 #5

If I think a horse will win, why not make money on the race? Sanity Claws Jan 2021 #8

The guys behind Reddit are scammers in their own right calguy Jan 2021 #10

That I agree with Sanity Claws Jan 2021 #11

Short selling creates liquidity calguy Jan 2021 #14

Artificial liquidity that is. Disaffected Jan 2021 #16

I think the only way a hedge investor can sell short is ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2021 #6

Is your presumption correct? Sanity Claws Jan 2021 #12

I don't know if what I said was correct. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2021 #13

The Code is Cracked: The Stock Market has been artificially buoyed over the Baitball Blogger Jan 2021 #15