From a nobody nerd to all the other nobody nerds out there…
Hello there, friends…
First, I am not a llama. I am, in fact, a relatively successful, very well-educated (with loads of student debt), logical, and cynical professional who likes to do research and learn about random things in depth when they cross my path. When I first heard of the Gamestop “sneeze”, I had no idea what was going on and knew next to nothing about the stock market. I felt there was something interesting going on. After a few weeks of reading, I started to understand the market mechanics and started reading some of the due diligence of other researchers, statisticians, and others who had picked apart the technical aspects of loopholes and behavior of market makers and hedge funds, and I read everything I could get my hands on. I wasn’t entirely convinced for a while, and it took me some time to go “all in” because I wanted to know for myself, not listen to others, and indeed, I realized that there is a lot going on not only with Gamestop, but with the market industry and capital markets across the world. Gamestop is a piece of that.
It has been almost eighteen months since I started learning and reading, and I read ALL of it, even the things that contradicted my investment, because that’s what I do. I read every SEC filing, every document I could get my hands on, and I started to realize that these market wide systemic changes were on the horizon — big, important changes. I also learned that Gamestop and Ryan Cohen are intertwined with the implementation of a a blockchain based capital market system being developed in order to prevent major market manipulators from getting their hooks into a newer, better system based on transparency, cooperation, and truly fair markets.
Truth be told, I don’t need to be here. I am financially secure, happy with my life, pushing 40, and with three kids and a VERY busy, fulfilling life, this whole research sharing endeavor has been a pain in the ass — but I felt and still feel ethically compelled to protect and share the information regarding how the markets truly operate and what is coming down the road from here.
Main stream media, as you know, is owned by big money, and big money protects their own interests because their egos and greed have outgrown their sense of right and wrong, and they actually think they are “the good guys”, but I’ve seen the evidence, the proof of insanely unethical behavior on the part of market makers, family offices, and so many others, but I’ve also seen what is being built, collaboratively, to prevent the financial crimes committed so frequently in the past, and my portfolio is as follows: Gamestop, Loopring, Ethereum, and a little bit of BBBY just for fun. I will not change those positions for the foreseeable future. I hope all of you are able to do the research. I have it all if you’d like access to it, in many formats — Github, PDF, a subreddit where I store and archive research, and yes, I actually have printed a lot of it since the really good stuff seems to disappear from public view.
Please note, I don’t believe in conspiracies per se, but I do believe in greed, power-hungry assholes, and egos that remain unchecked for far too long. I would imagine you do, too. So, from me, a relatively intelligent nobody from Philadelphia , someone who really knew nothing two years ago and has become all too familiar with market mechanics and troubles, please, please, do the research. Read. Learn. Stop listening to everyone else, and look at the facts. It’s all there. Gamestop is a part of it. Loopring is a part of it. Ethereum is a part of it. But there is so much more, so many other players who are hiding in plain sight in many different communities and positions.
This country and many others are so fucked up, and that is a direct result of greed and the quest for power. I invest in the hopes that I can support this new system, a better system, and hopefully, of course, see enough money to help my family and friends and buy a llama farm someday.
Maybe this will make you think twice. Maybe not. Regardless, if you want any information on Gamestop, I have all of it. The facts, not the bullshit.
Sincerely,
GDL aka u/disoriented_llama aka @knotty_llama
*This is not financial advice. Always, always do your own research. I have done mine and my function in this community is to dig and share information as I find it. This is the culmination of a lot of reading and research, but in no way should this replace what YOU should be doing — read, educate yourself, cross-check and verify everything!
