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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostOr, like myself, instead of stop losses only trade with 5% of your portfolio in any one trade.Comment
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Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View Post£5,000,000 portfolio and you hang around on here?
It is imaginary!Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View Post£5,000,000 portfolio and you hang around on here?"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View Post£5,000,000 portfolio and you hang around on here?Comment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostYou help me remember how bitter I used to be.Comment
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Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View PostVery emotional, what makes you think I'm in any way bitter? I'm just thinking, if I was sitting on £5mil I'd probably hang up my CUK trolling and spend my days attending bunga bunga parties.
Silvio gets you hot ???Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View PostVery emotional, what makes you think I'm in any way bitter? I'm just thinking, if I was sitting on £5mil I'd probably hang up my CUK trolling and spend my days attending bunga bunga parties.
Yeah, we believe you ScootyI am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by Whorty View PostHe's got a £5m portfolio, yet got very emotional and excited by making a couple of grand on Centrica
The wider risks in SoftBank’s US tech bet
There are few business people who profess to have a plan for the next three years, let alone the next 300. Masayoshi Son, the Japanese entrepreneur behind SoftBank, wants his company to last that long, a goal that is meant to underpin the investments made by his $100bn Vision Fund. So the unmasking of SoftBank as the mystery “whale” whose options trading appears to have helped drive US technology stocks to record highs is a surprise — this type of trading appears at odds with the self-professed strategic nature of SoftBank’s investments. The revelation has, rightly, fuelled concerns that far from acting like a visionary technology investor, the group is behaving like a hedge fund.
Whatever the exact details of SoftBank’s equity derivatives trade, the key question is whether the wider market cares. The answer is yes. Aside from the general curiosity — and sometimes mockery — that SoftBank attracts in the industry, investors and regulators should be alert to the consequences of one large, determined investor being able — at least in part — to influence the world’s largest, most liquid and most scrutinised stock market.
Even before the identification of SoftBank, there were concerns that the US market was defying fundamentals, and that the one-sided rally in US technology stocks was unsustainable. Trading volumes on Nasdaq, where most of the big tech stocks are listed, are double what they were before the pandemic. Monetary stimulus by central banks in response to the pandemic have helped to propel equity markets higher. The retail trading boom, as day traders have turned to online trading platforms such as Robinhood, has also driven much of the activity, both in equities and derivatives.
"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Gotta to love symmetry - Following massive gains in the late 90’s the Nasdaq played out thusly:
March, 30% crash
July, summer rebound
September 10th, 72% crash
Today - look familiar?
You'd be my hero if you were long on this market.
"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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