• MotoAsh@piefed.social
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    5 hours ago

    The problem with shorting is you have to guess when the bubble pops. Call it too early, and you don’t get the short at all. Call it too late, and any possible earnings may get wiped out by rebounds and/or new bubbles.

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      3 hours ago

      You also usually short with leverage not actual full capital. To hold a short position for a long requires solvency and hopefully you don’t hit your stop loss and just lose.

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      4 hours ago

      While I grant these things are true, there’s no way in hell multiple people aren’t trying this bet.

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        3 hours ago

        “multiple people” doesn’t mean much unless it’s one of the top twenty people that own most of the stock market.

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          3 hours ago

          Sure, but contrarian investment and bets are built into the system. Everyone wants to think they’re the genius.

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            2 hours ago

            Right, but this is about the noteworthiness of talking about someone shorting AI. Who cares if joe schmoe from accounting shorted their six shares? It’d only be newsworthy if it’s someone with significant investment or supposed insider knowledge shorting it.