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Unabated Lunacy

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One of the most important touchstones of the equity madness which has gripped our nation since early 2020 is Reddit’s own wallstreetbets, which is predominantly populated by middle class young men with budding (or flourishing) gambling addictions.

It’s a good place to glance at on a regular basis, since WSB goes manic during strong periods (like now) and absolutely suicidal when the market has crashed, let’s say, by 1%. The degenerates on the site have no compunction about not just gambling, but gambling with borrowed funds, such as this example right here.

This fellow took out a $300,000 loan to gobble up almost 20,000 shares of a company whose symbol is VSTE.

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