First they came for my mansplaining and I said nothing...
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2025
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Shorting: Like investing but you can lose more than you put in.
Shorting: investing but you take a loan to do it and you bet on things failing.
Investing: Theoretically infinite gain, limited loss
Shorting: Limited gain, theoretically infinite loss
Shorting: Gambling
So is a lot of types of investing, so that's really not a good definition, and just like investing if you know what you are doing you can come out way ahead with an almost guarantee with shorting
In a similar vein to the other person responding to you, how exactly does one 'know what they're doing' on the stock market without being tied in to VC firms, etc.?
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Investing in any single thing is gambling in my book.
Sure, it can pay off, but it can go badly too, and "knowing what you're doing" is what everyone thinks they're doing, right up to the point where they don't.
Although shorting Tesla might not be a bad plan right about now. Seeing Trump and Musk destroy each other is what I live for.
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People do know they could have just googled things and looked at the top results before right? Even with all the enshitification it's gone through it will still usually yield something useful for any topic that isn't super niche. Like if I search "shorting" the top 3 results are articles from Wikipedia, Investorpedia, (don't know enough about it to know if it's reliable) and Charles Schwab, a source with a conflict of interest since they probably sell that service, but they're probably at least going to explain why you'd want to buy it from them, and then as a bonus the 4th result is an ELI5 Reddit thread, which while probably not the most reliable source of info, is probably about on the same level as randomly asking your SO about a topic which they're not an expert in.
Just fyi investorpedia is reliable. Ive personally never found incorrect information there.
Im not so sure id call schwab a conflict of interest exactly. They do provide the service, but financial institutions like that are not allowed to provide investing advice, so they cant upsell strategies like that. All they can do is explain it so that you know what strategy you want to pursue.
Good to know. Thanks.
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If ai can start pirating old movies then it's curtains for me brotherzz 😞
I just like making chit chat with deepseek, that's about it for me and AI.
"Hey Alexa, add Rick and Morty to Sonarr and download the first season for me"
You got a girlfriend with that skill? You have no idea how much hope you've given me my brother.
For real, I feel like its part of the reason Ive kept my S/O so long 😭