Forbes' kiss of death

AlmightySnoo ๐Ÿข๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 691 points –
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The secret ingredient to get on the front page of Forbes is fraud.

In the case of SVB it wasn't fraud though, it was more poor risk management; they didn't hedge against an increase in interest rates and that, together with the bank run when people learned about it, killed them. But yeah, the common pattern is failure.

Calling using client funds as collateral for risky investments (over and over again) as poor risk management it is a bit of an understatement.

It wasn't technically illegal nor was it fraud since it had an exemption from the Volcker Rule you're referring to.

It's illegal to misrepresent what you are using your clients funds for, as was proved in court.

Edit: wait, I think that was SBF rather than SVB. Why are these acronyms so similar :(

All they needed to do was put "Hookers and blow on yachts" in really, really small print somewhere.

Do banks have the authority to freeze withdrawals?
I don't get why SVP didn't just block all withdrawals as the panic set it.

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I'm beginning to think these stock market guys are just gambling

They've got it rigged so the house wins though. The secret is crime, know theirs and do some yourself and you get to run the house until they need a fall guy.

forbs cover Elon Musk

Forbes isn't handing out a kiss of death. Forbes is just a publication gushing about the headliners of a rapacious and fraudulent group of people. It's like wondering why a bakery smells like bread.

or why a whore's breath smells like cum

(i'm implying Forbes are a bunch of cocksucking whores, in case you are still in junior high)

Sex work is real work and not your generic insult.

(USING ANY GROUP AS AN INSULT ALSO INSULTS THAT GROUP, IN CASE YOU'RE ALSO IN THAT "THATS RETARDED" PHASE)

your awareness is almost blinding.. give my love to the sex workers.. i mean i think it's right to raise awareness. it's also right for sex workers to be aware of how their breath smells..

There was a meme in Germany during Chancellor Merkel's time in office. As soon as Merkel "expressed her utmost confidence" in someone, that person resigned shortly afterwards.

It's almost like big business is fishy.

Not getting explicitly into "capitalism bad," but yeah, anytime someone becomes a billion dollar property overnight you should assume it's a scam or a crime.

It gets even worse. They could threaten to have some rando write a blog post about you.

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Destroyed the country's income by privatizing oil, raised poorness to 60% unemployment to 70% worked with the literal drug cartel until his candidate got fucking murdered during the emergency election, which BTW was called after the government got dissolved because of Pandora papers leaks

These fuckers are taking everything from the people.