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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,921 posts)
Sat Feb 11, 2023, 08:33 AM Feb 2023

I've made some truly awful investments in my time, but ...

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Tom and Gisele "spent over $84 million buying 1.8 million shares in Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto empire after their team found no issues with its financial documentation"

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Tom Brady's team was convinced they were looking at 'legit financials' when they first piled into...
Brady owned 1.1 million shares in Sam Bankman-Fried's exchange but saw his stake wiped out when it collapsed in November.


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I've made some truly awful investments in my time, but ... (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 OP
Threw and interception multigraincracker Feb 2023 #1
Must be top talent on their team! bucolic_frolic Feb 2023 #2
I am usually a pretty good investor, but I bought two stocks Scrivener7 Feb 2023 #3
No wonder he was reluctant to retire from football Walleye Feb 2023 #4
Why anyone would something that is an obvious Ponzi scheme like crypto is beyond me JohnSJ Feb 2023 #5
This x 1000 Ferrets are Cool Feb 2023 #8
The big money return in crypto is::: keithbvadu2 Feb 2023 #9
Which country backs crypto again? JohnSJ Feb 2023 #13
I believe it is Nambia (Trump) keithbvadu2 Feb 2023 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Feb 2023 #6
Maybe that's why she divorced him Freddie Feb 2023 #7
They say she was upset when he un-retired. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #12
I only played the stock market one time, and thanks to Obama I made a bit of money. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #10
So did they lose the whole $84 million? Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #11
Boo-hoo, Tom. Greed got the best of you. LuckyLib Feb 2023 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author LuckyLib Feb 2023 #16

bucolic_frolic

(46,971 posts)
2. Must be top talent on their team!
Sat Feb 11, 2023, 08:46 AM
Feb 2023

Benjamin Graham - intrinsic value. Undervalued assets. The great investors know this. I doubt 1.5% of "advisors" pay it any heed, and surely few of those who work the sales side of the business, even with an SEC license.

Scrivener7

(52,729 posts)
3. I am usually a pretty good investor, but I bought two stocks
Sat Feb 11, 2023, 08:51 AM
Feb 2023

because my niece and nephew (who I adore) went to work for the companies.

Only two, and not too much money in either, but I lost about 80% on both. And both relatives have since left the companies. (One, for example, was Wayfair.)

Your post makes me feel better.

keithbvadu2

(40,089 posts)
9. The big money return in crypto is:::
Sat Feb 11, 2023, 10:16 AM
Feb 2023

The big money return in crypto is:::
1. Starting it, hyping it, and getting out, leaving the suckers holding the bag.
2. Handling/storing it for others.
A few have profited by 'investing' but not the majority.

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Irish_Dem

(57,338 posts)
12. They say she was upset when he un-retired.
Sat Feb 11, 2023, 10:34 AM
Feb 2023

She wanted him to be home with the kids more.

I am sure the money loss didn't help matters.

Irish_Dem

(57,338 posts)
10. I only played the stock market one time, and thanks to Obama I made a bit of money.
Sat Feb 11, 2023, 10:31 AM
Feb 2023

When Obama was POTUS, GM filed for bankruptcy and was doomed.
The stock went to penny stock and was basically worthless.

I was 100% certain that Obama would bail out GM, even though no one else thought so at the time.

So I called the guy who handles my retirement account and told him to buy GM stock.
I had never called him before to buy stock, he was aware I had no understanding of investment.
So he argued with me.

I told him this was not a financial, but politics, I knew what Obama was going to do.

At any rate, I made a little bit of money on the deal because Obama did bail out GM.

But it is too nerve wracking to play with retirement money like that.
So I never did it again.

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