Should I suggest a new strategy to r/wallstreetbets?

  • ZWQbpkzl [none/use name]
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    1 month ago

    The CEO sold all of his stocks shortly before being shot. The company was also being investigated for antitrust by the DoJ.

    I'll be so disappointed if this was some intra-corporate bullshit.

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      1 month ago

      I will be disappointed but also sicko-jpeg for the new age of cyberpunk corpo assassinations we're entering.

      • ZWQbpkzl [none/use name]
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        1 month ago

        I don't really believe this was actually a corpo assassin. Medical Insurance is too much of a cushy no-competition, no-consequences industry for anyone to have hitman connections. DoD contractors on the other hand...

        • Awoo [she/her]
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          1 month ago

          I agree, I don't think so either. The only person with real motive might be his wife. But the most likely is someone with a grudge.

    • miz [any, any]
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      1 month ago

      The CEO sold all of his stocks shortly before being shot

      seriously? where'd you see this

      EDIT: nevermind

      https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-sold-stocks-b2659093.html

    • Sulvor [he/him, undecided]
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      1 month ago

      Word on the street is United and Caremark will both be broken up soon

      Do not short Caremark and you didn't hear this from me owl-wink

      • ZWQbpkzl [none/use name]
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        1 month ago

        If I short a corporation's stock and they get broken up via antitrust before I'm forced to buy the stocks back what happens?

  • SuperZutsuki [they/them]
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    1 month ago

    Shit, the shareholders might want to think about making this a regular thing.

    • AmericaDelendaEst [comrade/them]
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      1 month ago

      some kind of fucked up bizarro version of the Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas where every corporation's prosperity is ensured by the regular sacrifice of its CEOs

    • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      If this keeps happening like this, then there might be lobbyists trying to legalize CEO assassination.

  • TheSpectreOfGay [he/him, she/her]
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    1 month ago

    its a company that profiteers off of human suffering so i think killing the ceo to make more money just makes sense

  • context [fae/faer, fae/faer]
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    1 month ago

    goodness, no, that sounds like it could constitute insider trading, and that would be illegal!

    • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      I don't think there's legal precedence to suggest that's insider trading.

  • huf [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    CEOs are so important that even the markets believe the company will do better without one...