Big guys like Berkshire have so much leverage in the market. They can sell a huge chunk of stocks causing chaos and a huge drop in price, then buy low and profit. The stock market isn’t fair to regular investors. You’re at the mercy of these big firms.

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Yup, Naomi Klein has great write-ups about this. Shock Doctrine predicted the Covid buy backs.

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Thanks I’ll check it out

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What last selloff? Are you talking about BRK’s Apple stock sales?

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Yup

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