I could poke a few other holes in Mr Ramsey's ideas. Precisely because I am fundamentally in agreement with his philosophy (I often don't bother much on ideas I don't agree with, its a waste of time, kinda thing). If you *publish* an opinion, get it ...

Who Gets Harmed When You Ban Short Selling?

I disagree that manipulation or creating an alliance to do so to do so is OK. That is the very antithesis of a well functioning free market where a multitude of players trade with and against each other in good faith.. That deliberate manipulation ...

Who Gets Harmed When You Ban Short Selling?

At least when the tulip bulbs were delivered it was something that you could plant and grow flowers. GME scrip owners might get a bit of paper in the mail from the insolvency folks.

The GameStop affair is like tulip mania on steroids

$800 calls expiring 5 Feb last traded at $7.60. Down $37.90 from Friday's close. Over 10,000 traded just today (Monday). On the other hand, there are about 40,000 puts open with a strike of $1.50, $1.00 and $0.50. They are trading (about a 1,000 ...

GameStop short sellers are still not surrendering despite nearly $20 billion in losses this...

What exactly is a climate denier, anyway? The term is thrown around a lot.

Treasury's Yellen affirms importance of close ties with Canada

Yes, (and for those who clicked on the link) hence my rather droll comment #26 where I thought I knew the gifts of autism only for me to be fed the usual "disabled" drivel. I don't wish to get philosophical about this on this forum. Nuf said.

GameStop short sellers are still not surrendering despite nearly $20 billion in losses this...

And that reminded me of the poem Passage to India by Walt Whitman, one that may resonate for the Reddit dudes in the circumstances. Just a *tiny* bit of a copy/paste - “Sail Forth- Steer for the deep waters only. Reckless O soul, exploring. I with ...

GameStop short sellers are still not surrendering despite nearly $20 billion in losses this...

So, autism is a disability then.

GameStop short sellers are still not surrendering despite nearly $20 billion in losses this...

Quite so. Anyone commenting on the forum on topic would understand a variety of not so subtle nuances that you so eloquently point out. There is a whole lot more that could not be printed on these puritan pages. Whether anyone agrees with them is ...

GameStop short sellers are still not surrendering despite nearly $20 billion in losses this...

Dude, I suspect you miss their point. Forget thinking like an accountant for a moment. Edit - oh, oops, I recant - I just saw post #3. I've some trouble reconciling what seem to be opposites, though.

GameStop short sellers are still not surrendering despite nearly $20 billion in losses this...

I reckon this is kinda brilliant, despite me being rather cynical and knowing that lots of people will actually lose most or all of their dosh, but they know it. Or will find out pretty quickly.

Inside the Reddit army that's crushing Wall Street

"Asset purchases remain unchanged". It has just come to my notice that about 7 trillion of American public debt (T-bonds/notes) mature this year. Hmm. Rollover or pay it back? If the latter, it amounts to white-hot QE, without any acknowledgement of ...

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

A non-partisan educated person may be horrified at some of the ideas (explicit and implicit) encapsulated in these words.

Biden’s $1.9 trillion rescue plan is just what the EU ordered

Its a tag team.

Trump: Will give up power if electoral college votes for Biden - BBG

Should an article ever be published that is left wing orientated, I look forward to someone pointing it out to me. Some pretty colours always helps.

Biden’s $1.9 trillion rescue plan is just what the EU ordered

He sees it as a given that people will move away from fiat trash like the pound and the US dollar towards something else. Either he is warming people to the possibility of another bureaucrat hair-brained scheme, or simply admitting that he has no ...

Bitcoin's days are numbered, warns Bank of England governor

The best financial/whatever minds are not the decision makers. Next.

Banks cash in as Wall Street blows out Main Street

That was me, had forgotten to log on. In retrospect, maybe you meant to read the rantings of proponents of MMT and the likes of Dr Kelton, and understand their agenda and dogma, to understand the core nature of one foundation of the downfall of any ...

Banks cash in as Wall Street blows out Main Street

Without watching a 70 minute youtube clip, is there any common and underlying theme that it the good professor hones in on that over history cause the consequences that you mention? It cannot be simply because they are mature financial societies. ...

Banks cash in as Wall Street blows out Main Street

I wish folk would refrain from using the word "stimulus". Aiding those who are genuinely affected by circumstances and who cannot borrow money is necessary, of course. But when real interest rates hover around being negative, the velocity of money ...

Biden to Push Through Stimulus Aid