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WhiteTail: Gives something we can short and make some loot

Tonycried2

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I missed the boat on TSLA...always felt like they were shaky as we discussed but lacked the nads to pull the trigger!
 
I missed the boat on TSLA...always felt like they were shaky as we discussed but lacked the nads to pull the trigger!

Man. I wasn't shaky at all about TSLA, but wasn't in a position to take advantage. It was $33 when I wanted to buy.

I was still paying the ex-wife's house, car, and everything else, plus paying for grad school for my MBA.

As far as a short for now. Looks like damn near anything. :smiley:

Aside from watching Nutanix, I haven't been looking at much else and just holding what I have. All new investments have gone into already held mutual funds and/or ETF's.

I'd love to see a HUGE crash since I've got about 15 years to retirement. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: Buy low.
 
Man. I wasn't shaky at all about TSLA, but wasn't in a position to take advantage. It was $33 when I wanted to buy.

I was still paying the ex-wife's house, car, and everything else, plus paying for grad school for my MBA.

As far as a short for now. Looks like damn near anything. :smiley:

Aside from watching Nutanix, I haven't been looking at much else and just holding what I have. All new investments have gone into already held mutual funds and/or ETF's.

I'd love to see a HUGE crash since I've got about 15 years to retirement. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: Buy low.
I wanted to short TSLA at $ 340 about two months ago...would have made a quick $70,00 or so but lacked the balls.
 
Just go long AMZN, and cross your fingers that the Donald doesn't rip Bezos' a$$ on Twitter.
 
I wanted to short TSLA at $ 340 about two months ago...would have made a quick $70,00 or so but lacked the balls.

I don't study stuff enough to do that. I know I'm leaving a lot of money on the table, but if anything I'll just use a downturn as an opportunity to buy.
 
You don't want to be shorting, unless you're hedging, in a bull market, anyway, Whitetail.
 
You don't want to be shorting, unless you're hedging, in a bull market, anyway, Whitetail.
....depends on the company you're shorting! I think TSLA has deep problems, the trouble with the shorts is that you can be 100% correct about the underlying company and yet be wrong about the damn stock ...and lose your arse!
 
The other problem with shorting in a bull market is that the rising tide tends to lift most boats, including some of the leaky ones. I made some good money shorting during the housing crisis, as there were many overpriced lenders, which got crushed when the housing bubble burst.
 
The other problem with shorting in a bull market is that the rising tide tends to lift most boats, including some of the leaky ones. I made some good money shorting during the housing crisis, as there were many overpriced lenders, which got crushed when the housing bubble burst.
Yes, fortunes were made during that period!
 
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