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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: luxmain   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Changing tides.
Date: 02/08/23 6:59 AM
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And of course, the following day after these 120% rallies etc...

$BBBY -49% (on top of a 15-20% fade at the end of the big rally)

$GME -11%

$AMC -9%

The volatility is insane. Consequently, I've heard some people made good money over the last year or two by selling options on the meme stocks while holding the underlying. I wouldn't recommend that.

I wonder about the extent to which these meme rallies and collapses can be used as a proxy for retail sentiment.

Because I am shocked by the number of people I know (indirectly) who hold some of these stocks.

Also I'm shocked by the extent to which people continue to be drawn into crypto etc. Just yesterday, a person I previously considered sane and reasonable, tried to persuade me to put $250 into a Bitcoin-named spinoff coin 'advice offered in the hope it helps me buy a house some day'.

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