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Fixed it. :wink:

He's a free speech absolutist.

The last post by Relativist in relation to the post I reacted to.

Maybe you should pay a bit more attention to who says what.

No and don't know.

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A poker player takes willing risks but they don't want to lose. A trade consists of a buyer and seller who want to trade and for a price they both wan...

That looks.... worryingly unsustainable.

Don't trade on margin then, which is basically borrowing money. People who complain about margin calls or close outs shouldn't be trading at margin an...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/08/us-ice-immigration-customs-enforcement-haiti-deportations What? The? Hell? First off, how can a judge ...

It's not even comparable with a poker game. With a trade there's a willing buyer and a willing seller who trade precisely because they are getting out...

There's no argument to be had where I'm still trying to explain the basics and you aren't interested to even listen.

I suppose it's anti Trump to insist on fair elections... :rofl:

Uh... In your milk example you were perfectly fine paying more and not having to travel further. Now someone offers it to you locally cheaper and you'...

was? You optimist, you! :cry:

They add transaction volume (eg. more money is exchanged then before because they enter the market with their own money. That doesn't mean they're giv...

The point being McCreary really was there, which was what was being discussed in the tweet you shared. As the Statement of Fact states: That's the fac...

you'll believe anything if it fits your worldview and disbelieve it when it doesn't. https://twitter.com/TyTalbot7115/status/1357809313969016835?s=20

It looks like you're wilfully not wanting to understand what I wrote. It's not that unclear. Replace "screwed" with unlucky, for starters. Yes, they'r...

The number of executive orders is not evidence of abuse. Using it to separate families as Trump did is an example of abuse. Which executive order that...

I already told you.

I know you make shit up as you go along. So you linked that article in support of a point that it doesn't support and then decide what's in there isn'...

Let me rewrite it for you so your tiny reptilian brain can process it: In relation to your reply to

Oh I'm sorry, I forgot you're incapable of charitable reading anything I write even after I spoonfed you the relevant part from the article that you l...

For creating a task force? Sure buddy.

The problem isn't Biden but that the US system allows it. Meanwhile So, yawn for now.

Imagine the price for gold is 100 USD at the CME and (after currency exchange) 120 USD at SME. And this is weird in a sense because when it really com...

These don't work as an analogy. The benefit for you as a market participant is clear, you know you're not paying too much thanks to speculators and tr...

Both descriptions are off though. Pfhorrest, the function you describe is the function of markets and brokers, which allows buyers and sellers to find...

"price stability will prevent crises" we were told. It's really time to revise the charter of Central Banks.

It sucks that the only thing the English successfully exported since Brexit is a virus. I think the restrictions are necessary but like everything in ...

That's some cynical shit. The upside is their readers might start to take masks and social distancing seriously.

Philosophers have the worst humour. Nerds.

I've been involved in the Dutch existing perpetual bonds actually and my advice was shelved due to COVID because now there's no time to deal with them...

Unitary theory of government! Or in other words a dictatorship.

Depends on your risk appetite and the interest rate. There's nothing inherently wrong with either approach. But paying cash means you can't do anythin...

:rofl: It's funny how your ego expresses itself through victimhood every time.

Having reading comprehension problems again? Primary point : From the article you linked, the secondary point:

You won't read about it because this is a facility for unaccompanied children as opposed to families being forcefully separated. Instead of being expu...

Yes, so since we know I have all the shares, we could dispense with transactions and you simply pay the fee related to the SBL transactions if I wante...

Come now Frank, as if everybody is really taking account of who has which short position all the time. Normally, nobody gives a shit. This whole GME d...

I'm not sure I follow what you're saying. First of all, let me say that we were discussing shorting as actually affecting the livelihood of the people...

While true, not related to what we were discussing.

Errr... this is still about transaction volume because shares that were borrowed were sold to another investor who then lends it to another. The locat...

That's no problem though. If only one share is issued and it's sold twice in one day, the transaction volume was 200% of the outstanding stock. In thi...

Stop wasting everybody's time. You were given some of the reasons why the article wasn't published. We don't care what you think of the reasons why it...

I'm not sure what you're saying here. What do you mean with covering a short position? And what is an overshorted stock?

Your picture of the honest investor is that of an investor who doesn't understand markets. Back in the 17th century Dutch traders would post horseback...

But they'll go or not go out of business regardless of what investors think the market value of the company is. If I short sell a stock because I thin...

A hedge suggests the original asset continues to be held. You either buy a negatively correlated other asset as a hedge in addition to the original as...