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paulkienitz

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7. they also need to stop companies from being saddled with debt to finance their own takeovers

Reply to Calista241 (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 2, 2021, 02:32 PM

Feb 2021

The most important single change to make is to ensure that when you buy a company, any debt taken to finance it is owed by the buyer themselves and not by the company they now own.

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GameStop shares plunge 50% as WallStreetBets traders face billions in losses [View all] brooklynite Feb 2021 OP

This is how it was always going to go sboatcar Feb 2021 #1

I'm Skeptical That The Motives... ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #4

I agree, the whole thing stinks sboatcar Feb 2021 #8

If you got in at $20/share ($18.38 on 1/7/21) and sold at $400/share (Highest was $468) ... aggiesal Feb 2021 #13

No Argument From Me ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #16

True, but people who have that kind of money to invest FakeNoose Feb 2021 #18

I agree, but when the big houses see a stock climbing like that ... aggiesal Feb 2021 #19

tsk, tsk Thomas Hurt Feb 2021 #2

I think this will get fixed in the upcoming year by Congress. Calista241 Feb 2021 #3

The Notion Of Borrowing... ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #6

they also need to stop companies from being saddled with debt to finance their own takeovers paulkienitz Feb 2021 #7

any debt taken to finance it is owed by the buyer themselves and not by the company they now own ... aggiesal Feb 2021 #14

I wish. They've only done that temporarily IronLionZion Feb 2021 #10

Like I said, the redditors are no less parasitic than the wall streeters paulkienitz Feb 2021 #5

Agree. At least this price manipulation technique has been exposed and talked about in the media. Freethinker65 Feb 2021 #9

The Redditors wanted to make money by sending the hedge funds broke. My Pet Orangutan Feb 2021 #12

hedge fund managers will be Roc2020 Feb 2021 #11

The people who got in last are the ones being hurt just like a pyramid scheme ripcord Feb 2021 #15

From what I always heard bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #17

just highlights that everyone won't be a winner in the market mdbl Feb 2021 #20

This Explains it Roy Rolling Feb 2021 #21

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes The Mouth Feb 2021 #22

You can download games or purchase them from the game console store JonLP24 Feb 2021 #23

GameStop's model just doesn't work ripcord Feb 2021 #24