Let's not forget to factor in income tax, sales tax, inflation, property tax, celebrating watching space rockets blowing up and cheering watching their money literally going up in flames, capital gains tax. It's like a poker game with a rake for each bet. Now it makes sense why they need inflation. They also need inflation to not pay back 401, pension, ss. Im surprised at the resilience of US citizens.
Hard to see we are caged animals when we are born in the zoo.
The Big Boys are the Central Banks. These guys are dumping Treasuries and they are not buying Crypto or IPO’s they are buying Gold. If your buying what Musk and Trump are selling your going to get wiped out. What is happening right now is criminal.
The hidden multiplier is the part nobody talks about — a 5% float getting treated as 15% means index funds are legally forced to buy more than the supply justifies. Retail investors don't even know they're the exit liquidity. This is why financial literacy isn't optional anymore.
There's so much bad news out there like this in corruption. It's really amazing when you hear some good news. When you hear about this kind of stuff, it's ho-hum more the same old stuff.
This is where market structure matters more than the headline. If passive funds have to buy and the available float is small, price can move for reasons that have very little to do with normal investing. The story gets attention. The mechanics move the money.
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Hard to see we are caged animals when we are born in the zoo.
Thorough, understandable, and brief - kudos!