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Feb 2021
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Let's SCREW the Stock Market! - WAN Show...

LINUS TECH TIPS
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Timestamps (Courtesy of MattDog_222)

0:00 Intro

0:14 Topic preview

1:59 Intro

2:35 Short summary/preview of review bombing

3:17 Introduction to Gamestop (GME) stock current events

 3:52 Shorting a stock: definition/explanation

 6:27 Short Explanation ( Part 2 )

 8:12 What WallStreetBets is doing + Elon Musk's opinion

 9:48 Original intention behind shorting

 11:12 Gamestop + Robinhood + Redistribution of wealth

 12:08 Some people had success + The main "winners"

 13:10 WallStreetBets' Role model

 14:53 Hedgefunds also charged interest, amongst other things

 15:25 Linus's stock promise introduction/announcement

  17:15 Ivan's story

  18:26 Linus starts to get worried (To the moon)

 19:33 Other "Meme stocks" + "Short squeezing"

 20:32 AMC in particular

 21:30 Linus's promise: Cost update (+Luke laughing)

 22:11 Linus doesn't do many investments

 23:50 How does Linus acquire GME? + Luke's prediction

 24:45 Estimates of 5 Billion lost from short-sellers

 25:05 Robinhood restricted GME + Class Action Lawsuit + Reviewbombing

 27:07 Other meme-crap (Dogecoin)

 27:27 Robinhood possibly selling some peoples shares + disclaimer

 28:23 Elon added Bitcoin to his Twitter bio

 29:15 Twitch/Floatplane chats suggests promise cap (50k)

 30:08 Google removing negative Robinhood review

 31:38 Luke's computer lag issues (story)

33:05 Sponsors

 33:13 Honey

 34:08 (Not a sponsor) - Activism investing

 35:46 Malwarebytes Premium

 36:40 Privacy + Alienware giveaway

37:42 Calling Yvonne (the wife)

 39:01 The cost reveal (50k)

 41:01 Yvonne's counter-argument 

42:25 Intel has more returning talent (Sunil Shenoy + more)

 43:02 Linus's Apple Watch Heart-Rate

 45:02 Sunil's previous work at Intel + Other names

 46:13 Pat Gensinger's quote

46:35 Apple Q1 record revenue ($150 Billion)

48:37 Alleged NVIDIA 3080TI 20GB leak

49:51 "Please stop sending money" - Linus

50:12 i9 11900kf leaked screenshots

51:40 Linus trying to plan when to buy GME stocks

52:10 LTT Still Hiring

53:04 More stock talk + various comments on it

55:34 LMG is NOT going public

56:46 LTT Store reminder

58:04 Conclusion

58:40 Outro 1

59:04 Outro 2

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