According to Fintel, APE had 5.4 million shares going to dark pools today with approximately more than 50.6 million shares having been shorted, via NYSE.
APE volume traded above average closing Wednesday’s rally around 23 million shares.
I think it’s fair to assume insiders won’t be buying APE anytime soon as it’s primarily a tool to capitalize from its shareholders, rather than a long-term investment.
Is An APE Short Squeeze Possible?
Some AMC shareholders are convinced that APE’s high short interest mixed with large buying pressure will trigger an APE short squeeze or trigger major price action like we saw with AMC in June of 2021.
And hypothetically speaking, they’re not wrong.
But APE would need to get backed up by institutions with strong enough buying power to scare short sellers out of their positions.
Because despite retail’s efforts, capital is just being eaten up by dark pools, selloffs, and heavy shorting.
And unfortunately, Gary Gensler is nowhere in sight to level the playing field.
Market News: These Hedge Funds have been underperforming all year | Frankenz.com.
Which hedge funds have been underperforming in 2022?
Hedge fund Tiger Global Management is down -54% for the year despite gaining 1.4% in November according to Bloomberg sources.
Persons familiar with the matter say the firm’s long-only fund rose 5.1% in November.
The hedge fund has been on a steady decline all year.
In April, the firm sunk -34% after a bad run that was fueled by massive bets on stocks that have been hammered, such as fast-growing tech companies in the U.S and China.
Tiger Global lost -7% last year, its first annual drop since 2016 and its third total.
Tiger Global Losses 2007-2021 | List of Underperforming Hedge Funds – Sources: Bloomberg News, Curated by Franknez.com.
CEO Chase Coleman’s personal wealth dropped by $1.3 billion early this year, according to calculations by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.Â
But Tiger Global isn’t the only hedge fund that is underperforming in 2022.
Here are other hedge funds facing significant losses in 2022.
Which hedge funds have been losing money this year?
List of worst performing hedge funds in 2022 – Underperforming Hedge Funds | Franknez.com.
Tiger Global Management and Whale Rock Capital Management were among stock-picking hedge funds to report significant losses in 2022.
In September, Tiger Global saw losses as high as -66.5%, per Bloomberg.
Whale Rock widened its losses to -41%.
A report conducted in March concluded that almost 80% of active hedge fund managers are underperforming major indexes such as the S&P 500.
Which hedge funds have been underperforming?
Below is a list of other hedge funds underperforming in 2022.
It closed its doors after 18 years when it could no longer provide their clients with the ability to withdraw their capital.
“Hedge funds are heading for one of their worst years of performance on record, leaving investors frustrated with how many managers have failed to offset sharp falls in equity and bond markets,” says Financial Times.
It’s only a matter of time before we begin to see more hedge funds close their doors leading into 2023.
“If you can afford to hold the stock, you hold. I don’t own it, but that’s what I would do.
Why? because when RH and the other online brokers open it back up to buyers, then we will see what WSB is really made of. That is when you get to make it all work.
I have no doubt that there are funds and big players that have shorted this stock again thinking they are smarter than everyone on WSB.
I know you are going to hate to hear this, but the lower it goes, the more powerful WSB can be stepping up to buy the stock again. The only question is what broker do you use. Do you stay with RH, who is going to have the same liquidity problems over and over again, or do you as a group find a broker with a far, far, far better balance sheet that won’t cut you off and then go ham on Wall Street.”
Now, although Yahoo Finance listed both AMC and GameStop tied to Mark Cuban’s stock portfolio, he said in the AMA that he does not own them.
Mark Cuban and Elon Musk have been two billionaires that have blatantly spoken out against the SEC.
Since its inception, the SEC has sworn to protect retail investors but has only proven to be complicit to market injustices.
An out of touch Gary Gensler has made it rather clear that keeping his job is more important than actually enforcing the law.
Here’s what Mark Cuban had to say about the SEC:
“The SEC is a mess. I wouldn’t trust them to do the right thing ever. It’s an agency built by and for lawyers to be lawyers and win cases rather than do the right thing
If the SEC gave a shit about ANYONE other than Wall Street you would be able to go there right now and read bright line guidelines about insider trading, shorting, what is a pump and dump, what are the rules for cutting off the purchase of stocks like happened with GME et al
But they won’t. They would rather litigate to regulate, which means they love to sue people in order to create new legal precedents.
All you need to know about the SEC and how badly they want to fuck the little guy is that they have the option of using JUDGES THAT WORK FOR THE SEC when they sue you rather than you have the option to have jury of your peers in front of a judge that is independent. Thats how bad the SEC is. If you want fair markets that doesn’t benefit Wall Street call your local politician and show them this.”
Stock Market News: Carl Icahn is short on GameStop shares.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn began shorting GameStop during the height of the ‘meme stock’ frenzy around January of 2021.
Carl Icahn still holds a large short position in GME stock, according to people familiar with the matter.
Icahn started building the short position when GameStop was trading near its peak of $483 per share and still holds a large bet against the retailer’s shares, said people, asking not to be named due to the matter being private.
The billionaire investor who has added to his position from time to time is betting that GameStop’s stock isn’t trading on its fundamentals and will continue to fall, insiders said.
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Ryan Cohen Posts Picture with Carl Icahn
GameStop chairman Ryan Cohen posted a picture with Carl Icahn in October which many shareholders anticipated as bullish future news.
People began to speculate Carl Icahn was going to buy GameStop shares.
Little did shareholders know that the multi-billionaire investor has been betting against GameStop since the beginning of the ‘meme stock’ frenzy, per Bloomberg.
At the time of the photo, neither individual confirmed that Icahn would take a stake in the retailer.
Stocks and Crypto to Buy in a Bear Market | Opportunity in the market right now.
That’s right, even in today’s bear market, retail investors have big opportunity right now.
If you’re a new investor or entered the market during the bull run, chances are your portfolio is down significantly.
But don’t let your first bear market shake you off because there are numerous opportunities out there that have the potential to yield big returns.
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while now, you’ve more than likely capitalized on opportunities such as AMC, HYMC, Shiba Inu Coin, Terra Classic, and Bitcoin during properly and fortunately timed moments.
So, what’s new?
In this article, I’m going to go over the opportunities I see that lie ahead for retail investors.
None of the information on my blog is financial advice but rather speculative content based on current information and trends in the market.
And with that being said, let’s get started.
Not Invested in The Markets Yet?
If you or someone you know are not invested in the markets yet, the two articles below are going to walk you through, step-by-step on how to buy stocks for the very first time and how to buy cryptocurrency for the very first time, too.
Much information on how to invest in the markets is outdated so I wanted to create easy guides for beginners.
Remember, one of the greatest wealth you can share with someone else is that of knowledge.
Opportunities in the Stock Market Today
Opportunities in the stock market today.
During a bear market share prices tend to tumble, hence why many long-term investor’s portfolios tend to lose value.
And although we can’t entirely time the bottom, we know that at some point the stock market is at a massive fire sale.
Value investors such as you and I can pick up shares from our favorite companies at these low prices before the market reverses trend.
Economists, analysts, and entrepreneurs alike predict there is still room for another 10%-15% drop in the markets.
But for the record, these are just predictions after all.
The point here is for value investors to capitalize on this falling trend by purchasing low and holding during the next bull market.
Whether you choose to capitalize on opportunities presented in a bull market or not will ultimately be up to you.
However, capitalizing during a bull market will require value investors to buy during a bear market, not during the bull market.
After being involved in the retail community for almost three years now, there are stocks and crypto that just stand out as having big potential during the next bull run and I’m going to discuss them below.
Stocks Worth Buying During a Bear Market
None of the information provided below is financial advice, but rather speculative in nature based on market trends and current information at the time of publication.
AMC Entertainment Stock (AMC)
You’ve probably heard all the ruckus on AMC and ‘meme stocks’.
It’s true, the stock jumped from $5 per share to an all-time high of $72 per share.
AMC Entertainment stock is currently trading below $6 again due to this bear market.
What makes this stock such an interesting value investment is that it has a huge community made up of millions of people who plan to take its current price up again.
Plus, the company has beat earnings every quarter since 2021.
Investing in the largest movie theater chain in the world could prove to pay out big during the next bull market.
SPY Stock (SPY)
I’ve talked about SPY stock numerous times on my blog.
While the real estate market is set to retrace some of its gains, keeping an eye on this stock may provide retail investors with big opportunity during the next bull market.
GameStop Stock (GME)
What GameStop is doing with their NFT marketplace is genius and not a lot of people know about it.
Wonder why, *ahem, mainstream media*.
The video game company is making it available for people around the world to own actual digital items inside games through the use of blockchain technology.
The opportunity this technology will bring to entrepreneurs and flippers alike in the future is massive.
Investing in GameStop early on could have massive potential as our economy shifts towards the digital/metaverse economy.
Amazon Stock (AMZN)
Amazon is now affordable for just about any value investor to buy shares from.
The company stock traded above $3K per share before its 20-for-1 stock split made it available for everyone to purchase.
AMZN is currently trading below $100 per share and it’s a steal whether you’re anticipating another 10%-15% market drop or not.
Tesla Stock (TSLA)
Despite what you might think of eccentric billionaire Elon Musk, you cannot deny what the entrepreneur has created is fascinating in its own respect.
Tesla stock has shown outstanding growth in the past even after stock splits.
We’ve seen this company’s stock reach massive popularity during the previous bull market.
In fact, it was right under AMC Entertainment stock as the most searched for stock on Google in 2021.
Meta Platforms Stock (META)
Most boomer investors, like mainstream media, don’t truly understand the potential of Meta.
While Zucks might currently get made fun of by Wall Street ego, there’s a huge opportunity investing in early technology, especially a technology that one day may change the world as we know it.
Today’s innovators will carry the baton, whether old power likes it or not.
Crypto to Buy During a Bear Market
Crypto to buy in a bear market.
Here’s a list of cryptocurrencies I’m keeping an eye on in today’s bear market.
GameStop was halted twice on Monday after the market opened and has slowly trended downward since.
The stock was forced to lose its momentum despite the heavy trading volume seen early in the trading day.
GameStop’s volume surged nearly 5 times its average trading volume on Monday but was prohibited from surging.
GME Stock Halt October 31, 2022.
Retail investors are calling S3 Partner’s announcement a setup, or trap to burn shareholders.
But Wall Street can easily create a big sell order in the market despite of heavy volume from retail, the question here is why not go long with them?
Last year, GameStop and AMC shareholders were able to inflict hedge funds who were betting against the two companies with billions of dollars in losses.
Are retail and hedge funds at war with one another?
It certainly seems so.
Is a GameStop Short Squeeze Likely?
Despite the market advantages financial institutions have over retail investors, large continuous volume over a period of weeks could trigger bigger price action for GME stock.
One-day rallies of heavy buying volume isn’t enough to combat market makers.
Like last year, it’s going to take continuous buying pressure to compound the momentum that will likely result in a GME short squeeze.
S3 Partners CEO Bob Sloan said in an interview with Yahoo Finance that if GME stock goes above $30, “you could see something parabolic”.
Yahoo Finance asks the CEO if there is enough short activity or short volume in GameStop’s float to cause something at scale like what we saw in the beginning of 2021.
Bob Sloan says that if you look at GME, there is still one to two billion short on the stock.
He then warns that if the stock goes past $30, it’s very likely we see some massive upside.
$GME is trading 9.56% higher following a statement from @S3Partners CEO Bob Sloan that if the stock goes above $30, ‘you could see something parabolic.' pic.twitter.com/mfzdAHZ1ax
S3 Partners CEO Bob Sloan says there’s a great probability of GME Stock going parabolic if it hits $30 per share due to the massive amount of short activity currently present.
S3 Partners provides data and predictive analytics.
The company also provides accurate and real-time short interest; logging how much is being borrowed or loaned in a float.
The high short interest in GameStop is what caused GME stock to skyrocket in late January of 2021.
Short sellers were forced to close their positions in GME stock when retail investors were able to push the stock price up as a collective.
The short covering further fueled the momentum and GameStop shares flew to nearly $400 per share.
AMC Entertainment had a similar occurrence when shares jumped from $2 per share to $20 per share.
In June, AMC rose again from $14 per share to its current all-time high of $72 per share.
Retail investors holding both stocks have been buying and holding for over a year now, anticipating even larger moves.
The market is down which means there are a variety of stocks retail investors can buy to build wealth this decade.
The problem is identifying which stocks will create the team you need to ensure your investing success.
I’ve compiled a list of stocks along with a simple strategy that’s going to allow these stocks to compound over time so that when you’re ready, they start paying you passively.
By the end of this article, you will have the knowledge you need to begin building your very own wealth through stock investments this decade.
Let’s get started!
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Compounding starts with reinvesting
Which stocks to buy?
The list below is made up of cash dividend paying stocks, companies with enough cash at hand which allows them to pay cash dividends to its investors every quarter.
The key here is to ensure that you opt in to ‘reinvest’ these cash dividends back into the asset so that your number of shares automatically compound every quarter.
On some occasions, the default setting is set to ‘cash’ instead of ‘reinvest’, which means your broker account will receive the cash dividend as a form of payment and settle in your funds like a deposit.
When you’ve built a strong retirement portfolio and you’re ready to claim the fruit of your labor many years from now, then you’ll want to begin taking that big cash.
But in the meantime, we’re focusing on setting ourselves up for that chapter in our lives so make sure you opt in to ‘reinvest’ that cash dividend.
Over time, you will see your number of shares grow fractionally and then eventually turn into whole numbers.
This process will continue repeating as you continue to fund your cash dividend stock portfolio.
Which Stocks Can Take Care of You Forever?
Which stocks to buy?
Building wealth is a constant journey of increasing your income and investing in assets that can take care of you forever.
If you would like me to publish more content on how to increase your income let me know in the comments section at the end of the article.
Granted that you have the capability to invest now during this bear market, here is a list of cash dividend paying stocks that can take care of you forever.
GPC has paid $3.42 per share but is currently paying investors during this bear market $0.90 per share.
Genuine Parts Company is an American service organization engaged in the distribution of automotive replacement parts, industrial replacement parts, office products and electrical/electronic materials.
#3. VNQ (Real Estate REIT)
Dividend Yield: 3.53%
VNQ has paid $2.86 per share but is currently paying investors approximately $0.56 per share in today’s bear market.
VNQ is Vanguard’s real estate ETF which invests in stocks issued by real estate investment trusts (REITs), companies that purchase office buildings, hotels, and other real property.
#4. OMF (One Main Holdings, Inc.)
Dividend Yield: 7.96%
OMF currently pays investors $0.95 per share but has paid them as much as $6.80 per share during the bull market.
OneMain Holdings, Inc. is an American financial services holding company that provides loan products, offers credit cards, and other personal loans.
#5. T (AT&T)
Dividend Yield: 9.71%
AT&T is currently paying shareholders $0.28 per share but has paid investors $1.60 in the past.
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company offering internet and cellular services.
#6. NRZ (Real Estate REIT)
Dividend Yield: 9.85%
NRZ stock is currently paying investors $0.25 per share but has paid $1 per share before.
New Residential is a publicly traded mortgage real estate investment trust with a diversified portfolio and a strong track record of performance.
#7. EMR (Emerson Electric Co.)
Dividend Yield: 2.45%
EMR pays shareholders $0.51 per share but has paid investors $2.05 per share prior to today’s bear market.
Emerson Electric Co. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Ferguson, Missouri.
The Fortune 500 company manufactures products and provides engineering services for industrial, commercial, and consumer markets.
#8. ESGV (ETF)
Dividend Yield: 1.26%
ESGV currently pays shareholders $0.20 but has paid investors $0.88 per share in the past.
ESGV tracks the performance of large-, mid-, and small-capitalization stocks.
The ETF specifically excludes stocks of certain companies related to the following: adult entertainment, alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, gambling, chemical and biological weapons, cluster munitions, anti-personnel landmines, nuclear weapons, conventional military weapons, civilian firearms, nuclear power, and coal, oil, or gas.
Other Stocks?
Investing in other stocks that aren’t paying cash dividends could be a great way to raise capital fast.
One example is Tesla, AMC, GameStop, etc.
Retail investors who were able to jump on these stocks early were able to capitalize on massive price fluctuations.
The key here is to get in early, otherwise you may end up holding substantially large losses.
If you’re going to invest in individual companies, make sure you’ve done your due diligence and cash out when in profit.
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