LOT
Lotus Technology Inc.
stock NASDAQ ADR

I mean if you aren't day trading it is still up this month and definitely up in the last 5 years by A LOT

Financial advisor here. Fixed annuities are not too good to be true. They are too good to be liquid, too good grow, and good too be cheap. These are insurance instruments, and you are insuring your income in retirement. I only recommend this type of account to people who become nauseous at ANY market movement. As a portfolio of stocks and bonds, while taking variable income in retirement, will likely outperform a mix of fixed annuity accounts and equities. There is A LOT of research on this typic. It is not a scam. They are however, high in fees, haw lower exited returns, and are not as liquid due to long surrender schedules. I would likely not recommend something like this to someone your age.

With the recent articles on acquisitions, there has been mild speculation of GME acquiring/merging with EBAY, let's imagine that is the case and see what that could mean.
Interestingly, eBay has been putting a LOT of it's cash into stock buybacks. They have halved the outstanding shares since 2016 (1009mil -> 470mil shares outstanding). If I am reading their reports right, eBay is buying around $2billion worth each year in its stock. If GME did buy eBay, they could start pumping that money into paying off the debt from the leveraged buyout that would be needed to purchase eBay in the first place.
If you don't know, consignment is basically have someone sell an item on your behalf. You give them the item and receive nothing immediately but when it does sell, you receive 50-70% of the money earned.
I'm going to focus on collectibles (mostly have trading cards in mind) because that's the space closer to GameStop's, but let's not forget eBay is an *anything* marketplace where they bring in over $2billion in revenue each quarter... this is just one branch of the tree 🌳
# Every store as a drop off location
GameStop has over 1000 stores which could all be eBay consignment drop off locations, similar to how you can grade cards via GameStop stores. Bring in your collectibles for GameStop to list on eBay on your behalf, they take a 30-40% cut and you don't have to think about it. Do this across every collectibles market, and even potentially non-collectibles too, and you're looking at a huge potential revenue. There would obviously be a lot of work that would need to go into handling all of these collectibles and listing them etc, but GameStop will be able to profit if it is able to streamline and automate the process enough.
# Efficiency at scale
In these two videos, the two companies show how they both manage inventory and how they process orders. Both are good options but still require too much human touch to complete. GameStop could invest a fraction of what it has to not only be more efficient through automation and better design, but also able to scale nation (and eventually world) wide. They could easily have a few non-customer facing offices/warehouses spread strategically which house their inventories of collectables for faster distribution.
Burbank Sportscards (largest sports card store)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6IOqThEci4&t=360s
DCSports87 (sells 3 million cards per year on eBay)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y4bXttQtME
# The raw card market is HUGE
Let's not forget that eBay owns TCGplayer, which is the largest TCG marketplace in North America. GameStop basically only sells sealed product and graded cards, this acquisition would give them a huge foot (size 13 shoe at least) in the door of this market. Not only would they get all the revenue from owning the platforms (eBay AND TCGplayer), but they also instantly become a large player in the scene and if they are willing to innovate they could really shake things up. I have bought cards online for many years and while the process isn't bad, it could definitely be better.
# Stores selling through GameStop
Now I am definitely not one to celebrate the downfall of long term family businesses like the two above, and I hope there is a world where they can continue to exist in a world where GameStop truly owns the card market (at least in North America), but there a huge opportunity here.
Stores (both online and physical) could offload the higher labour single cards portion of their business to GameStop. I can imagine there are a large portion of solo TCG sellers who wouldn't mind bringing in their box of cards listed on TCGPlayer for GameStop to take over the sale because they either aren't getting enough sales or they are finding the work too time consuming for the gains. TCGPlayer Direct is already a similar concept to this so could be incorporated/improved on.
# Raw Card Power Packs
With this now unfathomable inventory of cards available, GME could start offering Power packs which include raw cards. They have accurate pricing data via TCGPlayer, so could easily make packs like '5 rares for $5' which will on average give $5 in card value. Stores consigning with them could also opt in to 'sell' their cards in Power packs, e.g. I consign a $2 rare and a $5 rare, both get used in a power pack and I get my $7 (minus fees) and GameStop just takes their cut for moving the cards around.
Authenticity and grading is obviously a factor, definitely for the higher end cards authenticity needs to be guaranteed and hopefully there's a quick test to be able to do it on all cards. For grading, there could be a toggle 'I am okay receiving non-mint cards' which lowers the price by 10% or something. It's a solvable problem.
# Wacky Idea Alert ~~Card Insurance~~
For bigger ticket consignments (cards worth >$200) GameStop would need to start thinking about insurance on holding these items. Having millions of dollars of cardboard in one location requires security and protection for the cards from natural disasters/humidity etc. These things cost money, GameStop could offer a subscription (few dollars a month, scales with value of cards under GameStop's custody) to cover your cards portion of GameStop's insurance premium and in return you take a larger portion of the sale.
Let's say you were consigning a Magic: the Gathering Wheel of Fortune from Unlimited:
| | With 'Insurance'  | Without
|-----------------|-------|-------
Card Sale Price  | $485 | $485
Consignment fees | $97 (20%) | $194 (40%)
Monthly cost | 5 | 0
Take home pay  | |
Sells immediately | 388 | 291
After 1 month | 383 | 291
After 3 | 373 | 291
After 12 | 328 | 291
After 24 | 268 | 291
The 'insurance' would just scale with the value of the card to make it so that if it sells within a year or two you are better off, and the whole while GameStop gets at least some revenue from holding inventory.
They could also provide insurance on your personal collection too. You could give a list of notable cards (>$5) in your collection and an estimate of the total cost of your collection and then you pay a small premium (~$10 a month to cover $2000 in cards) and if you damage/lose any cards, a new copy can be shipped to you within days, bought directly from their own inventory.
# Conclusion
It's a nice hypothetical to think about, but until we see hard news about anything happening let's not get too worked up. There are many reasons why this would be a good acquisition for GameStop, but damn it would be a ballsy play, so I am not not holding my breath. I think GameStop could become the world's largest consigner (if it even wants to) without any acquisitions but it would obviously take longer so why not swing for the fences.
TLDR
* Read the headers
* Let's not get ahead of ourselves
* Nat Turner still has his part to play

And he will get A LOT of people to do it too

“Everyone” takes a 30% haircut?
I think this is the type of thinking that OP wants to push back against. There is A LOT of AI doubt mixed in with AI mania. So yes, AI might not live up to expectations, but there are at least some reasons to believe that a pullback won’t be as punishing as previous bubbles. We’re all aware of the AI-companies-passing-money-to-each-other memes and thankfully that risk seems to be priced in.

We're either of them found on the island with trumpy? I bet a LOT of investments are going to go wild with public perception of the owners getting absolutely decimated if they are found to have been in association with the released files or the yet to be released videos and photos
Stormy eaters can be profitable but until the full files are released it's all up for speculation as to which companies will be affected by the said public perception.

ITS A LOT MORE FUN TO SHOUT ABOUT EVERY MARKET GYRATION THAT OCCURS!

BIG SALE TONIGHT ON GOLD SLABS!
PROOF - https://imgur.com/ka322mz
Offers accepted on multiple items.
I WILL NEVER OPEN A CHAT WITH YOU. WANT IT? CHAT ME UP AFTER YOU COMMENT.
BIN it and Win it. First to BIN gets it. Otherwise I decide the order in which I respond to chats. And to be fair to others BIN means Buy It **Now**, so no dilly-dallying or or haggling.
If I make a mistake in my pricing I reserve the right to change it.
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**WORLD GOLD SLABS ALL ON SALE**
**1x - 1882-V NGC AU-55 Serbia 20 Dinara Type 1**
* ~~$1500~~ $1400
* https://imgur.com/KEQisJH
* https://imgur.com/BcueQQx
**1x - 1882-V PCGS AU-53 Serbia 20 Dinara KM 17.2**
* ~~1275~~ $1175
* https://imgur.com/w1QCC2N
* https://imgur.com/aPlJ2gQ
**1x - 1859-A NGC AU-58 Napoleon III 5 Franc**
* ~~$525~~ $495
* https://imgur.com/lifxe75
* https://imgur.com/KMl9U5n
**1x - 1894-A PCGS (Old holder) MS-64 Lucky Angel. Stunning!**
* ~~$1125~~ $1075
* https://imgur.com/aBCQba1
* https://imgur.com/BKEzyDQ
**1x - 1810-K Napoleon I w/ Laurels NGC AU50 (#2930304-003)**
* ~~$1475~~ $1375
* https://imgur.com/45P3F31
* https://imgur.com/bTxdWFJ
**1x - 1810-A Napoleon I w/ Laurels NGC AU55 (#2930304-008)**
* ~~$1275~~ $1200
* https://imgur.com/NAJQDSJ
* https://imgur.com/vBZRAWT
****1x - 1811-A Napoleon I w/ Laurels NGC AU58 (#1524867-028)**
* ~~$1500~~ $1400
* https://imgur.com/h8HbLwW
* https://imgur.com/1NuvePs
**1x - 1903-L NGC MS-61 Finland 20 Markkaa**
* ~~$1200~~ $1150
* https://imgur.com/4cPrvzb
* https://imgur.com/VBAlk4b
**1x - 1878-S NGC MS62 Finland 20 Markkaa**
* ~~$1200~~ $1150
* https://imgur.com/XyHMlja
* https://imgur.com/1Oh3y8S
**1x - 1904-L NGC MS-62 Finland 20 Markkaa**
* ~~$1200~~ $1150
* https://imgur.com/zSymyO7
* https://imgur.com/VVEAcd4
**1x - 1882-S NGC MS-61 Finland 10 Markkaa**
* ~~$650~~ $595
* https://imgur.com/ENls7Dv
* https://imgur.com/w6vU1gs
**1x - 1898-AT Russia 5 Roubles NGC AU-55**
* ~~$850~~ $750
* https://imgur.com/ELLJaAp
* https://imgur.com/fA0qkR2
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**VINTAGE SILVER**
**Engelhard Aristaloy Dental Silver. 70% pure in 1oz glass jars with fancy gold foil on them. They come in boxes of 5. I have 4x sealed boxes of 5oz and 5x loose 1oz Bottles**
* ~~4x~~ ~~3x~~ 2x - $375 per sealed box of 5oz
* ~~5x~~ ~~4x~~ ~~3x~~ ~~2x~~ 1x - $75 per loose 1oz Jar
* https://imgur.com/uW9Op4h
* https://imgur.com/CZp5KsO
* https://imgur.com/5iZuKKA
* https://imgur.com/T4TJUNf
* https://imgur.com/Hrk7hb6
**1x - Mega-rare USVI Roman Head High Relief Ingot. With original packaging. Extremely low mintage. Beautiful even toning.**
* $579
* https://imgur.com/lvEXU8I
* https://imgur.com/OvkSYAw
* https://imgur.com/J7jNCsj
**1x - 1.62oz PMTARCO vintage pour. Seriously far out on the rarity scale.**
* $329
* https://imgur.com/xyt2z4S
* https://imgur.com/MUTSL87
**1x - .96oz PMTARCO vintage pour out of Anaheim, CA. Super-duper rare piece. You will not see this little guy often.**
* $299
* https://imgur.com/mmCYeJw
* https://imgur.com/ooP0WGk
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**MINIATURE SILVER CASTERS**
Found another awesome artist to showcase for you all! J.C. Metals & More. This guy is great. He makes tiny silver fantasy weapons and objects. They are all hand molded, hand cast, and then hand stamped with the tiniest numbers to ensure you know their weight and 999 purity. Each and every one is unique, but there are a few similar pieces. I think you are gonna love these. Support a small local artist this holiday season, they are getting to live the dream :)
**PLEASE ORDER BY NUMBER!! THERE ARE A LOT**
Full Album - https://imgur.com/a/91VKtmG
-2. ~~[Crow Bar](https://imgur.com/ZM2iHzd) - $16~~ SOLD
-4. [Sword](https://imgur.com/EvaIYy7) - $20
-7. ~~[Machete](https://imgur.com/wRIsjqm) - $7~~ SOLD
-12. [Machine Gun 2](https://imgur.com/kduAhYT) - $24
-13. [Tiny Pistol](https://imgur.com/ROiuLjE) - $7
-17. [Machine Gun 3](https://imgur.com/zD44LgL) - $28
-18. ~~[Starheart](https://imgur.com/1nPWuHO) - $41~~ SOLD
-20. [Machine Gun 4](https://imgur.com/m8xdVs6) - $28
-22. [3 piece Gun, Magazine, Bipod](https://imgur.com/5KhDxmg) - $48
-23. [Machine Gun 5](https://imgur.com/vIBADVg) - $28
-24. ~~[Tiny Pistol 2](https://imgur.com/5ADtvkw) - $8~~ SOLD
-25. ~~[Fantasy Sword 2](https://imgur.com/4yRebcI) - $34~~ SOLD
-26. [Rifle](https://imgur.com/4Cekwts) - $28
-27. [Shotgun 2](https://imgur.com/2TjFbf4) - $27
-28. [Machine Gun 6](https://imgur.com/tc1cUV6) - $31
-29. [Baseball Bat](https://imgur.com/TgSzoWj) - $28
-31. ~~[Bow](https://imgur.com/EWLnz2h) - $12~~ SOLD
-32. ~~[Tiny Pistol 2](https://imgur.com/SqEGUz8) - $7~~ SOLD
-33. [2 piece Gun & Bipod](https://imgur.com/TJVgMeS) - $48
-35. [2 piece Gun & Magazine](https://imgur.com/CUOkQml) - $34
-37. [Starheart 2](https://imgur.com/KEx825u) - $41
-40. [Police Baton](https://imgur.com/DD7W2xH) - $12
-41. ~~[Machete 2](https://imgur.com/916OlGS) - $7~~ SOLD
-43. [2 piece Rifle w/ Bayonette](https://imgur.com/xWA7Eqq) - $49
-45. [Machine Gun 7](https://imgur.com/t5ADai7) - $42
-46. [Syringe](https://imgur.com/lrQUIll) - $7
-49. [Weird Gun](https://imgur.com/cVKKh4K) - $20
-50. ~~[Bolt Cutters](https://imgur.com/LFbYSHB) - $12~~ SOLD
-55. [Battle Axe 2](https://imgur.com/YsT9htw) - $56
-56. ~~[Fantasy Sword](https://imgur.com/jyDFJyQ) - $21~~ SOLD
-57. ~~[Tiny Pistol 4](https://imgur.com/rDjDNEi) - $7~~ SOLD
-58. ~~[Bat Wing](https://imgur.com/S0LYXPC) - $12~~ SOLD
-59. [Machine Gun 8](https://imgur.com/6Iljqe8) - $32
-60. [Machine Gun 9](https://imgur.com/lqBfXRP) - $35
-62. [2 piece Gun & Bipod 2](https://imgur.com/BxTBsPW) - $28
-64. [2 piece Laptop & CB](https://imgur.com/Qj1qXAC) - $44
-65. ~~[Camping Axe](https://imgur.com/v7Yy45e) - $12~~ SOLD
-66. [3 piece Gun, Magazine & Bipod 2](https://imgur.com/Hq44ABn) - $57
-68. [Uzi-Type Gun](https://imgur.com/1Jkl4dS) - $17
-71. [Binoculars](https://imgur.com/wlln4zP) - $12
-72. ~~[Small Sword](https://imgur.com/gUZjWlN) - $13~~ SOLD
-75. ~~[Hunting Knife](https://imgur.com/R3AMT2h) - $20~~ SOLD
-76. ~~[Rifle 2](https://imgur.com/M2YwYQq) - $28~~ SOLD
-77. [Battle Axe 3](https://imgur.com/Uvgj3Gh) - $45
-78. ~~[Camp Shovel](https://imgur.com/RX32j7P) - $18~~ SOLD
-80. [Shotgun 3](https://imgur.com/staqKQu) - $28
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USA SHIPPING - $5-16. I pack and ship like I like to receive it. Nicely secured, padded, and no jingling. I hand deliver to post office for scanning and will provide tracking. On higher dollar sales I may require registered mail charged at cost.
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* Last night UBS SDIC (China) silver futures surged running 36% higher than the Shanghai Exchange price which itself was running 20% higher than Comex pricing and about 10% higher than London pricing.
*
* People in China started trying to take physical delivery of their gold and silver and one of the major trading platforms JWR had been rehypothecating their silver (aka they were paper selling multiple oz for each oz they sold). That's literally how the SLV ETF works, the only ETF that doesn't is a Canadian one that has a 4 letter silver ticker and a 4 letter physical gold ticker. However, JWR lied about not rehypothecating and effectively triggered a run for physical metal and ended up collapsing.
*
* Asia market was already down 8-10% before the new Fed Chair was even announced which further sparked concerns for metals as USD rose 1% and the new Chair is known for being Hawkish so the market is assuming he won't cut rates (rate cuts help metals pricing more so because it increases inflation fears). He's known for advocating for slashing Fed balance sheet which really only leaves printer go brrrr and rate cuts as economic drivers. He's also very pro-AI as an economic driver... which coincidentally requires a LOT of silver for cooling (replacing copper cooling in data centers) and interconnects and ram.
*
* On top of that a whole lot of hedge funds have been losing tens to hundreds of millions trying to short metals during the rise so as soon as they saw the opportunity to naked short paper metals they grabbed it.
*
* On TOP of that the CME in Chicago raised margin requirements again except by 46% causing mass liquidation for leveraged longs, and then the drops triggered stop losses for retail, and then people panic sold.
*
* It was such a uniquely terrible "perfect storm" that it makes you wonder if one of the bullion banks was staring down insolvency from shorting metals and needed a coordinated effort to get dug out.
*
* In any case, China did select 1hr halts of commodities trading and very likely we see 115+ again by March if not sooner. Ultimately if you zoom out its like "wait so the market realized there's not nearly enough physical silver and gold available to purchase... And reacted by selling 1.25 billion ounces of paper silver... Equating to nearly 2 years mining production. Makes sense in upside down land.
***
You can google each of the points and click news and you'll find each of them. None are privvy information. Grok or Gemini will also be able to source-fact-check if you just paste the whole thing in and ask for it to find you sources to validate it.
Information shared here is for educational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security. I am not a financial advisor. I am long critical minerals.

I feel like i took a step up or in the right direction so to say. I made 3k this past month and been profitable since october. I use a 5k portfolio to day trade options. Since I started trading, i also started to exercise, meditate and eat healthy and have a positive mindeset. I feel like this helps me A LOT with my trading. Does anyone else apply life changing/healthy habbits that help keep their minds clear for trading? I feel like being in this state of mind really effects how i approach trading. Am i alone on this?

Literally his entire M.O. has been not to say anything. But something about what he is doing has changed. Let's look at the recent things I can remember off the top of my head:
The warrants.
Did an interview and he seemed extremely excited about power packs and finding a money maker for the business, but still continued to say almost the entire interview, he will not use the money for anything unless it's a for sure thing. He was waiting a big move.
The tetris photo on his profile was probably when he started working on this deal. Nothing came of it, but he didn't do it on accident. Seems like something that 4 years ago would have caused a major jump in price.
The 1st annual awards and him trolling. Just something seemed different. This probably wouldn't have raised the price of the stock, but there was some ice cream cones photos and we all know what that means.
Ryan then creating his package deal that says the stock will hit a market cap of 100B and he'll get paid. This is right after Elon did it. Seems like something that 4 years ago would have caused a major jump in price.
Moving bitcoin back onto a market to possibly sell it.
Ryan starts buying more shares, as well as other insiders. Finally there is some motion.
Ryan posts "Who’s the one Wall Street analyst actually worth talking to?" on January 23.
Burry releases his article on January 26. His article basically calls GME the safest investment on the market and Ryan is the new Buffet. He is on board but also mentions the Bitcoin buy as something he wasn't really okay with. Burry releases his article and finally we get some motion. Burry lays out his thoughts on a good plan. More motion.
Now announcing a possible acquisition. More motion.
But you have to wonder if he is going to buy a business that sells snapchat filters so he can make funny faces on his social media (like his 1st annual awards troll). He may be doing whatever he can to grab one more pay out for the war chest, and really wants this price to hit $32. This is totally out of his business character, but totally his troll character.
If he was going to make a deal, he would not do a press tour, would not have a "leak", would not have all this noise, if he did NOT have the deal done. I heard he couldn't buy stock when he did if there was a major move he already knew about and had to wait a certain period, so to me that says an elaborate way to create a buzz.
In other words, there have been a LOT of clearly transparent moves that for 5 years was never something they did. You just have to wonder if the guy that the internet doesn't even know his real birthday, someone that under the radar, would be this open about his "possible" move. I can't imagine him not having the deal done and doing all this talking.
No kitty, I think kitty on the last go around felt burned and that's that. If Kitty made a post, which I doubt, who knows what would happen. But I think that connection / bridge is burned.

I’m watching it. Purely anecdotally I see a LOT of older people using it lately, like 45 yr old parents of teens who send a lot of photos and have group chats on it. I think that might be a big underappreciated variable, that it’s not just teenagers but a lot of their parents as well.

I have more than just silver and a bit of gold. But yeah, I'd need to invest in a lot of silver and have it go up, or have it go up a LOT, to be of real use. xD

Exactly this.
The market for gold is far too large for a pump and dump scheme. This was the impact of a rise in gold that was rapidly accelerated by the entrance of a LOT of speculative investment. Speculators are the most easily spooked and plenty of them cashed out today.

Hello all,

Have a LOT of junk silver + Mexican Libertad for sell today (baby Libertad)

LOT includes:
3 morgan silver dollars
8 Washington quarters
18 merc dimes
2 barber dimes
1 walking liberty
1 1/20th mexican libertad proof

$500 shipped via Zelle (preferred) or Paypal Friends and family

Pic proof

[https://imgur.com/a/rA3moZ3](https://imgur.com/a/rA3moZ3)

Thanks!

[WTS] 40% EISENHOWER DOLLAR LOT

Dawg, I am probably the worst over trader out there. I use a website blocker called Cold Turkey that only allows me on my trading platform from 930-1030 EST. It shuts me off immediately and I cannot change it more than once a month. I also started trading on the 2m and 3m chart instead of the 1m. I also now *do my best to* only look for one specific setup.
I started trading 1:1 RR trades just so I can stack a couple wins in a row here and there. Figure out your percentage probabilities and go from there. Odds are if you’re trading a high RR low WR strat, you’ll only win once or twice per week and you’ve just gotta be cool with that. You won 3 days and lost 2 days out of every week. If those days were all 1:1, it means you’d be up 3 R over three weeks of trading. That’s solid, bro.
Understand this will likely take you a long time to understand and internalize, and once you do you’ll realize the math says profit will come way slower than anyone on the internet will say. Keep at it, give yourself A LOT of time and A LOT of grace.
BIGGEST advice I could give is to establish a maximum amount of trades and a max loss limit for each day and stick to it like it’s bible. Truth is, you’ll keep doing what you’re doing until it hurts bad enough you change your behavior, or you physically don’t have the capital to behave like that anymore (been there).
I will take two trades max. 1 L and I’m done for the day, 1 win and 1 loss to end at BE and I’m done for the day, 2 Ws and I’m done for the day. Each day: chance of 1 L = 40%, BE = 26%, 2 W = 36%. Comes out to anywhere between a -1R and +2R per week usually and that’s good enough for me to pay my mortgage. Take care of yourself, big dawg

Two things to consider:
In RC’s last video interview, he said along the lines of - they weren’t going to be stupid and only go after smart deals. Combined with his WSJ statement that the purchase will be “big”, we can expect good things. Triple combined with how frugal you see this guy runs his business (cutting all non-profitable stores), IT’s GUNNA BE GUD.
Second - Net Operating Loss (NOL). Companies get NOL when they lose money in their operation. GME has HUGE NOL from previous years that they cause use to offset future profit (even when it comes from an acquired company). Burry pointed this out and I was curious on the amount and turns out.. it’s freaking over $1B… a LOT of the times, valuation of a company does not include NOL/DTA because they assume the company will not be unlocking its benefit but with an acquisition, it makes things spicy.

A LOT. It went from ~$120/ ounce to around $78 (and still dropping!).

The only place to trust market takes is twitter. You just have to do A LOT of filtering/following/unfollowing to find the right people. Reddit is fucking shit at markets.