Value Vampires Vs. Munchkins

The Problem of Hedgie Culture in Oz

Are you or your loved ones worried about their retirement accounts going down? During an economic recession or depression losses in the stock market are made worse by hedge fund companies (Melvin, Apollo, Citadel etc) betting against stocks by taking short positions. Then hedgies manipulate the market with propaganda (fud) and short selling which lowers the price of even the best companies. Please spread the word that our richest companies are draining the entire market, and we all need to pitch in to stop it. Ask a professional or ape about ways to hold hedgies accountable today!

Has anyone explained technically how the price can lower with more buying pressure than selling pressure? One theory is the ‘carrot and stick’ ladder attack, which places huge buy walls lower and lower without ever completing an order. It seems like the Wizard of Oz running the rigging and tipping the scale, we should probably talk about manipulation of the actual price action (not effects of it) as the biggest problem in stocks. If AMC cannot stop the hedgies, the stock market is doomed. Every ape is the last line of defense against predatory capitalism because they own most of the stock with AMC (unlike the crypto market). 

It is easy to be critical without having something comparable to contribute and be trolled about. The way that many people communicate is similar to how hedgies drain value. When we are energy (or emotion) vampires we may not be aware of the effect we are having on other, but the ‘vampire’ term is just metaphor because we cannot control how others react to us, or what they blame us for “doing to them”. In our culture it has been far too easy to criticize others and more specifically the work of others without either having the opportunity or desire to expose ourselves as publicly. Witch hunters can argue they do not want to be like the targets of persecution, but this issue of judgment runs as deep as the two sides of our brains. Perhaps if we can be more compassionate with eachother in daily communication, we will be less tolerant of it at the highest levels. Don’t short sell us Munchkins!

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Gensler Head of SEC addressed Congress on these issues: 1. Corporate Gamification 2. Blockchain System 3. Short Selling 4. Concentration 5. Transparency

“I am not concerned with individual investors sharing their free speech rights online. I am more concerned with concentration of market power and bad actors. I have asked for more market transparency regarding short selling.” – SEC Chair Gensler

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SEC SR-2021-38 (form 19b) “On May 7, 2021, the Commission suspended (a previous dark pool exchange) Filing and instituted proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule change should be approved or disapproved. Such action suspended the (Arca Inc. hedgie dark pool) Exchange’s ability to offer access and connectivity to Third Party System & Data Feeds from ICE Data Services – Morgan Stanley, TDA, ICE TMC, Members Exchange, MIAX etc.. (together, the “Suspended Services”).” 1.a. & 3.a. state that dark pool “Exchange” users want 14 days to get their frozen trades moved “before their connectivity is terminated.”

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In the early 90s Susanne Trimbath was working for the DTCC. She became aware that short sells and stock lending increased the number of shares in circulation. This meant that during corporate elections share holders were voting using more shares than were legally available. Senior management at DTCC told her they would not do anything about it because they believed it was not their job “to balance the world”. Susanne remembered thinking “that was not a very good answer.” [from the documentary ‘Wall Street Conspiracy‘ which should be played in all AMC theaters starting now]

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