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LibFarmer

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9. Short selling is not evil

Reply to Celerity (Reply #8)

Wed Jun 19, 2019, 10:40 AM

Jun 2019

It gives a hedge to people from a total loss of their portfolios and allows them to make money even as the stock market is crashing. It is a part of every stock market everywhere and has existed way before Chanos.

The socialists need to learn basic tenets of capitalism and not confuse revenue with profits just for sloganeering.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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A proud Trumo supporter hedges his bets... [View all] brooklynite Jun 2019 OP

So? Hey, got anything good to say about John Hickenlooper? George II Jun 2019 #1

Here, the rest of the story. Autumn Jun 2019 #2

I've been to his apartment. brooklynite Jun 2019 #3

He seems like a douche to me. Autumn Jun 2019 #4

+10000 he is hideous Celerity Jun 2019 #5

OMG Autumn Jun 2019 #7

lol, also (you cannot make this up) the nickname of the billionaire hedge fund manager (Jim Chanos) Celerity Jun 2019 #8

Short selling is not evil LibFarmer Jun 2019 #9

LOL, nice deflection. I NEVER said short selling was inherently evil, and certainly Celerity Jun 2019 #11

He's a pretty disgusting person from what I read. Autumn Jun 2019 #12

Eh hem... Kahuna7 Jun 2019 #10

So he donates based on ethnic origin and nothing else? Blue_Tires Jun 2019 #6