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dietr1chyesterday at 8:28 AM4 repliesview on HN

People think that shorting is an easy way of getting rich when you think a stock will go down, but even if you know it will, getting the timing wrong on it is catastrophic as you'll get unbounded loses while the market fails to correct the issues you are betting against


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Sohcahtoa82yesterday at 7:26 PM

As the saying goes...the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.

allendoerferyesterday at 7:15 PM

"I may have been early, but I am not wrong!"

"It's the same thing, Michael! It's the same thing!"

Der_Einzigeyesterday at 8:00 PM

People who talk shit about stocks are talking shit about stocks at a particular time.

"Oh no, when you apply scrutiny to my bullshit I get punished! That means the game is wrong!"

Aditya_Gargyesterday at 9:41 PM

OP is blatantly overconfident on his "prediction", so I called him out. Looks like I struck a nerve with some people.

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