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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 113 points 2 years ago (2 children)

the company is still worth over $6 billion on paper

But is it, though? 🥴

[–] neptune@dmv.social 52 points 2 years ago

"on paper". You only add this in when everyone knows it's not actually true, but someone wrote it was.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I imagine that refers to market cap

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 55 points 2 years ago (5 children)

its market cap is entirely fraudulent.. not only did the company lose money last year, it only brought in $4 million in revenues.. this wild IPO valuation is indicative of fraud of some kind.. probably plain old money laundering..

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 30 points 2 years ago

Yep. Not that Reddit is worth as much as it opened for, but it's worth more than Truth Social for sure, but somehow they opened to a higher value at about the same time. There's no reasonable way that happened legitimately.

[–] havocpants@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

this wild IPO valuation is indicative of fraud of some kind… probably plain old money laundering…

It wasn't an IPO - it's doubtful they would have fulfilled the regulatory requirements for an IPO.

DJT is a SPAC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special-purpose_acquisition_company

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

plain old money laundering

Yes, yes and yes.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

A market cap can’t really be “fraudulent”. Stock valuation has traditional methods, but meme stocks have blown the lid off of that in many circumstances. It’s still worth that much because people are willing to pay that price.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Either that or it's written on some very expensive paper. Not sure what material would be worth that much at A4 and 8.5x11 sizes.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 60 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Cool, so he's worth what, -$2 billion?

[–] FrostyTrichs@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think you need to double check your math. -2,000,000,000 < 0

Worthless than zero

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Yet he couldn’t afford his bond money.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 50 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This article is out of date. It fell by a lot more than that by close of the market.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 47 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love stories with happy endings.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's still worth billions, and more than it was initially offered at.

Until it drops to $2 and/or is delisted, it's not a happy or even amusing ending.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 years ago

Market Cap = $6.069 B (because the screenshot cut it off)

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago

Correction: Trump's stated net worth now more closely aligns with his actual worth ($0)

[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

First World Jerk problems.

[–] june@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I almost bought puts.

Realized I lack the knowledge.

So I chose not to.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If you bought puts at the wrong time, you would have lost money, and then you would be doubly upset when it actually cratered.

1 sad is better than 2 sad + poor.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 16 points 2 years ago

Smarter than most even if that ends up the right call in hindsight.

The market can remain irrational, etc

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'll bet puts were really, really expensive.

[–] june@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yea I have no idea how they work so probably. 😅

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'll sell you the opportunity to take my share right now and sell it, if you promise to buy me another share in 3 months at the going rate then. If I guess right, that share will cost as much as it does right now, so when I get my share back, it's still worth what it was before and I keep the fee you paid to borrow my share. If you guessed right, you can replace that share at a much lower cost in 3 months.

The cost I'm going to ask to lend you my share will go up as the likelihood of the price going down later on increases. If it's really, really likely that the cost will go down, I'm going to charge your ass off to borrow my share to offset the potential loss I'm going to take.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

God damn the stock market is just pure unadulterated gambling

[–] Dashi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago
[–] june@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

This is why I don’t play in options, I can never keep them straight. I apparently meant I considered shorting the stock.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] frunch@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pump n trump

Or would it be trump and dump?

[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Dumb and dump

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

The ‘ol Trump Pump Dump

[–] recapitated@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

It's still up way over its fake IPO

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

They made up that worth a couple of days ago. To be honest, it needs to drop another $5B.

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I wonder if he'll try to grab his stocks in the groin when they're trading on the pink sheets.

[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago
[–] LaterRedditor@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let's see how long MAGA can hold

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

Diamond hands! Or some dumb shit.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Can't lose what you never had.