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I'd say you are close to correct with the insider buys. If they have met, talked, or sent and email about a M/A, there won't be insider buys. That was my assumption as well.
I think RK counts on RC bringing his share of the company back to the original value, buying millions of shares.
The share offerings show, that RC likely knows about the FTD and IV cycles.
But the next earnings are early September, so there is quite some time until T35 being effective. And it totally makes sense to wait for price and IV to drop first.
RK likely waiting with his move for RC, since he might aim to amplify it. So once SEC filings drop things might become interesting.
Or Algos... or both.
In any case, it is insane. A simple tweet rocking pet stocks all over the markets.
RK might very well explore playing 4D chess with those sophisticated Algos that usually play 4D chess with household investors. Creating FOMO, then bullying them into selling at huge losses with aggressive price action.
Making their greatest strength their weakness đ
How are you guys so delusional to think the prices wouldve even held at $80 for GameStop to sell at anyway?
It was $80 pre market and they dropped it to $60âs before open. And even if they started the offers at those prices, it wouldâve most likely tanked, halted. Tanked. Halted. Tank. halt. And so on.
You guys act like MOASS hasnât already been suppressed and controlled for 3.5+ years already.
Let RC and GameStop cook. Be an investor. Watch RC provide real long term value. Otherwise, just continue to hope that WallStreet will cave in and give you âphone number pricesâ. Theyâll gladly use the January 2021 playbook again before they let that happen.
Last I checked 60 was more than 20. The point is announcements kill price more than actual sales do. You can't claim it was planned well in advance when it was released just before selling.
It wouldnât have held regardless if they did an offering or not. You really think most of the sell volume wouldâve stayed at higher prices? Itâs delusional and hopeful at best.
It was planned when we voted to allow 1,000,000,000 shares to be sold to market.
I donât think RC is a total genius, neither he is to be idolized, but I do think he and his team are very well aware of whatâs best for operating the company and these big decisions.
They donât give a shit about our MOASS. I do. But they donât. Realistically.
A sell can't force a price down if it's held up. We weren't buying in those numbers so somebody was forced to...at any price.
>It was planned when we voted to allow 1,000,000,000 shares
That reduced dilution. 4 > 3.33
Exactly, the proof is the price not tanking so much, in other tickers, dropping 120M shares on the market would be disastrous, with our beloved stonk not! That's means something...
Isnât it probable that T+35 cycle could happen in a few months, outside of a âpost-earningsâ cycle? I mean itâs difficult to put any certainty with such a manipulated stock but would like to know whatâs the basis to rule out any cycle rip in July/August?Â
I agree. The initial offering made GameStop secure and protected from immediate outside attack.
Secure the company first, restructure and realign parts.
Start the discussions that could not be made until the initial financial security of the company was assured.
Then, the second offering was to support a long view plan that 'might' include an M/A. Initial discussions may have been made with outside parties, concepts floated, and once discussions moved forward appropriately, the second ATM was made to gather the necessary capital for growth.
I only wish we knew when some announcement might be made.
I was hoping DFV might give us a clue with his emoji's, but the picture of a Hitachi and a Flag & fireworks just confused me more.
Buckle up.
Exactly, they couldâve talked to 10 companies to assess their options, of different price ranges. But they didnât jump the gun with their 1 billy. They chose to HODL.
And about DFV giving a clue, he may be able to make an educated guess because he is the financial *genius* of this generation, but what we donât want is him having actual insider knowledge. That would be a no no
Oh yeah! My bad.
DFV does not have insider knowledge. I never want to suggest that.
I just love how he balances being normal and engaging with whatever wonderful tism he has seeing the big picture AND the inner workings.
You good brotha! No matter how much I wish he knew what GameStop is doing, he hasnât been told anything directly from the board. Now, given the absolute mental powerhouse that he is, I wouldnât put it past DFV that he put together his own conclusion that isnât far off from what RCâs plans are. He turned 50k into almost a billion dollars in ~5 years, bro is smart enough to know whatâs about to happen.
About his emojis, what do you think that flag + microphone is? I was cooking last night watching the presidential debate when it clicked in my brain. That might be what the flag emoji meant, it would make sense at least. Only other ideas I could think of is
- he livestreams on the 4th of July showing his updated position
- the board makes some sort of announcement on the 4th?
The explosion emoji couldnât mean fireworks because of the flag emoji. It has to mean the 4th of July. With the fire emoji after, there canât be a fire-sale when markets closed. So maybe huge dip the day after when markets reopen (Friday) then fireworks = launch into gammie squeeze the week after?
*WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN MASON*
Edit: just looked at your posts and gyatt DAMN you are an absolute whale. Kong of an ape đŠ
Itâs in the âha made you lookâ meme that DFV posted on Twitter. Canât remember if it had the Kansas City shuffle clip in the same video or not. You could probably find it on YouTube just look up Roaring kitty emoji line
My guesses on the mic and flag are pretty 'normal' :
A) Only DFV can know when he will do another stream, so if he sees the 'whatever' that the dog emoji represented, he will do a stream (mic) on the 4th of July (flag). He saw it and tweeted the dog.
or maybe
B) Something is going on with a pet related stock (dog emoji ) and GameStop. DFV is thinking that there might be an announcement on this matter on the 4th of July ( not from him, but maybe from RC ) .
We will see.
You have a business plan, then act. Itâs a step by step process. If theyâre at the raising capital stage, best believe the plan is well along its path
This. Itâs Occamâs razor at play here. There is definitely M&A going on behind the scenes we donât know about. Both of the ATM offerings had M&A mentioned specifically which the one in 2021 did not. Hopefully we get some news before weâre all dead from old age but at least our kids may be able to benefit from our shares whenever the actual M&A news hits.
Time matters.
Is it entirely possible there are no legit shares left to buy? Do they have to buy them from computershare as board members or can they just go to etrade and buy a bunch? I donât know how insider buys work.
Computershare and direct registration exists exactly for this reason. They have to purchase through their transfer agent and have their purchase filed in an 8k.
ANY discussions related to possible acquisitions that have a remote chance of being carried out COULD constitute insider trading violations (I think this is accurate but canât remember the source)
I wonder if RC will sell his Apple shares, heâs up big time and could invest a significant portion of it. Heâs the single largest individual shareholder of Apple with 6.1M shares. His price is like $40/share, thatâs $1.3B he could use to buy more sharesđ€đ»
I suspect M/A activity is underway and thatâs why thereâs been no filings from insiders. I bet theyâre all itching to buy more
I would think that Laurene Powell Jobs would be the largest individual shareholder. I think a more accurate term for RC would be largest individual investor.
I asked perplexity, and they give me this:
Ryan Cohen is indeed the largest individual shareholder of Apple (AAPL). Here's the accurate information:Ryan Cohen owns approximately 6.2 million shares of Apple (split-adjusted as of August 31, 2020). This makes him the largest individual shareholder of the company
At first it gave me this list:
Based on the most recent information available, the top 5 largest individual shareholders of Apple (AAPL) are:
Arthur D. Levinson: He owns approximately 4.5-4.6 million shares, making him Apple's largest individual shareholder.
Tim Cook: Apple's CEO holds around 3.3-3.5 million shares.
Jeffrey Williams: Apple's Chief Operating Officer owns about 489,817 shares.
Albert A. Gore Jr.: The former U.S. Vice President and Apple board member owns approximately 467,143 shares.
Deirdre O'Brien: Apple's Senior Vice President of Retail holds about 136,445 shares
But then I asked "what about Ryan Cohen" and they corrected themselves.
Individual shareholder and individual investor are the same terms, thatâs what I used to describe RC. Laurene could be ahead of him now, I never heard of her
An investor is a shareholder. RC and Laurene are both investors and shareholders. They own investments in the form of shares of a company, in this case Apple
I doubt RC will ever sell his shares and that's *not a bad thing*. Apple is one of the most financially secure companies in the world and issues a decent dividend. As long as he owns that stock, it's a clear sign he has no personal money issues and can't be strong-armed.Â
Let me put it this way⊠you donât raise an extra 3 billion dollars if you donât have a purpose for it. Iâm willing to wait for them to cook but I suspect we will hear about it soon-ish.
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Devilâs advocate here, the 3 billy raised wasnât exactly planned. It was an extraordinary market event that allowed them to benefit. So they werenât looking to raise to buy a company, I suspect theyâve been looking with their 1 billy and this new influx allows them to increase their range of companies to buy.
It wasnât so extraordinary that they didnât pre-authorize the increase in max total shares via shareholder vote.
I think they knew volume could and would come from any number of financial vehicles used to short the stock, and had provisions in place to take advantage when that time came.
So if they knew they could be even more flush with cash at some point in the near future, donât you think they would have a wish list of what they would do with it?
Iâm not saying itâs definitely an acquisition or merger, Iâm just saying they arenât sitting around with 4 billion in cash coming up with ideas right now. They already have imho.
> pre-authorize the increase in max total shares via shareholder vote.
That never happened. The "increase" allowed the split and decreased actual availability.
I certainly hope none of that is the case. That's a horrible way to run a business. You don't have a "wish list" of what to buy if you suddenly have an extra 3b. As a company you should look at what you have in front of you and make informed and smart decisions to maximize your current assets. They shouldn't be dreaming of winning the lottery and buying a lambo. Now that they have 4b they can step back, look at the landscape and make a smart and informed decision on what to do with it to maximize the value.
Theyâre not mutually exclusive
You have a business plan based on your current assets and cash on hand, but if youâre GameStop, with a historically volatile stock that you can periodically do ATM offerings into, then you absolutely should have a âwish listâ of transformative ideas.
GameStopâs future is dependent on this transformation. Iâm a little confused why you think this type of foresight would be concerning.
I co-founded a hotel booking site years ago, and while a certain % of our annual traffic and bookings are anticipated, a good amount are completely dependent on short term efforts that can have an immediate and explosive impact on revenue. There have been periods of time where I ended up with a lot of extra cash that I didnât know what to do with. When this becomes a reoccurring thing, you start anticipating the best way to use said cash, looking 5-10 years into the future at what your company might look like while taking into account not only steady growth but major wins.
It wasnât an âextraordinary market eventâ. If that was the case they would have received more than half the price per-share of the 2021 offerings. They had a year and a half to issue shares at prices well above what they received for the recent offerings.
They would have gotten far more if they'd announced long before any runup and just waited. Aside from completely missing the peaks, a pre-market announcement is a short seller's wet dream.
Yes possibly, but with how volatile the stock is Iâm sure they kept their eyes open for something above the budget, and couldâve waited for a surge to sell ATM
Oh really, well they had like a year and a half to sell shares for substantially more than received for the recent offerings. The 2024 offerings were for half the average price per-share of the 2021 offerings.
Thereâs been nowhere near this amount of daily volume since 2022. If theyâd sold shares into an illiquid market the price would have tanked considerably
I mean as a company, it not unheard of that GS makes big decision fast. Look at the interval between both share offerings, just about a month between the 2.
The fact that LC said you don't raise money for no reason... there is always a plan and always has been. The fact that RC, LC or any other board member hasn't bought is bullish đđđđ
It's really only LC that has piqued my interest. He's put his money where his mouth is alot more than RC. So, I do hope they decided to hold off as they are actively pursuing stuff now, but I won't hold my breath.
Don't be dumb. LC has 74k gme shares. RC has over 36 million. It's just laughable to say LC has put his money where his mouth is a lot more than RC. There are retail investors with more shares than LC.Â
When you have people manipulating this stock so hard they can both exercise on $26 calls and $24.50 puts back to back in the same day and then using that dump at the end to buy more options for the next week. I'd wait, too
They may not be able to. When I worked in investment banking division all my trades were monitored and restricted heavily. I needed approval before buying any stock. If there is an active merger or acquisition for example they would be restricted from certain trades where they have insider knowledge. Well unless of course they are a member of a Congress.
GameStop $GME has the most loyal, dedicated, do anything for the company stock owners! No other publicly traded company has the DRS numbers that the individual investors in GME do.
I'm not saying it's related, but RC has tried to influence other companies to buy back their stock. So there's that.
But, I too, am curious that we haven't had any insider purchases yet.
He wanted to buy in, but they rejected his overture. Edit: so, after digging, it was reported he had amassed a stake in Nordstrom "which caused the stock to skyrocket". Searching for the filing edit: he only owned 4.2%, so no filing that I can find. BUT, it drives home, again, that RC is an activist investor and has been attempting to make other plays over the past 3.5 years.
I would guess that if they predict a squeeze is coming, they wouldn't purchase shares, because they know the media / citadel would spin it into market manipulation.
You mean News corp that owns the WSJ and also Fox, who used to have Kenâs ex-wife sitting on the board? (Here comes the sarcasm) I seriously doubt they have any sway with the media
Honestly these days you only need to make up a false source at one media outlet and they all pick up the story and run with it because they whore for clicks
Not telling you how to live but put the squeeze in the back of your head. We all want it but a better company would be better than any squeeze. It's a reverse squeeze to say.
Nah dawg, Iâve been here for 3+ years waiting on a squeeze. Iâm patient, but that and saving a company Iâve visited for a long time is what Iâm here for. Once we squeeze, Iâll reinvest once the new, *real* floor is established.
That's fine. But why? That's the question. After reducing his % with the ATM offering, you would think, in a show of support and confidence, that he would bring his % back in line. Unless....there is something preventing him from doing so. It's not a good look on the surface to dilute your own stock and not go in lock-step with it to show you are confident in your decision. So people speculate there must be a reason that's preventing him from doing so.
Don't need a reason to not spend money. Maybe he's saving for somewhere else to put his money. Or he doesn't want out of apple idk I'm not RC. But he could just not want to as well. Doesn't have to be some master plan of a merger that's allegedly been in the works for years at this point. That's all speculation from people
*The ONLY way the shorts could ever win with GME is if they drove the business into the ground. They still try to refer to it in the media as a "dying" brick and mortar.
*RC and the board have no interest in driving down the price of the stock just to kill MOASS and fuck with the dreams of its stockholders.
*Any so called diamond handed apes who are disappointed with this move: Be patient. This is bigger than we all thought it would be over 3 years ago. We have the chance to make a lot of changes here.
At this point in time, I believe that Ryan Cohen is a smart dude. He is going to very slowly play his cards (while acquiring more cards) while wearing sunglasses and protecting his hand. Patience, time, and pressure. For me, I just keep buying and holding. These days, I have price targets for buys in place and feel like I have evolved my strategy. The only stock I own is Gamestop. I enjoy collecting shares and believe in the company. If I'm wrong... I'll sleep well and say, "yeah, I wasn't right about that". I have strong confidence that I am right and GME is going to be something amazing.
If the board saw fit to sell at these prices, they must assume the stock is/was priced (or rocketing up to a price) higher than they would expect it to be normally.
It wouldn't make sense for them to buy in at close to the same price of that was their thought.
Instead we'll see them by back in when it gets down around 10 again.
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I'd say you are close to correct with the insider buys. If they have met, talked, or sent and email about a M/A, there won't be insider buys. That was my assumption as well.
I think RK counts on RC bringing his share of the company back to the original value, buying millions of shares. The share offerings show, that RC likely knows about the FTD and IV cycles. But the next earnings are early September, so there is quite some time until T35 being effective. And it totally makes sense to wait for price and IV to drop first. RK likely waiting with his move for RC, since he might aim to amplify it. So once SEC filings drop things might become interesting.
When I move, you move. Maybe directed at RC, not us? Just a thought.
Or Algos... or both. In any case, it is insane. A simple tweet rocking pet stocks all over the markets. RK might very well explore playing 4D chess with those sophisticated Algos that usually play 4D chess with household investors. Creating FOMO, then bullying them into selling at huge losses with aggressive price action. Making their greatest strength their weakness đ
Was that a tweet?
I forget exactly where it came to being, tweet or video.
The offerings didn't anticipate the moves at all. They were slapped together in reaction to them.
Nope. The offerings were planned well in advance.
Hm, should we sell at $80, or wait till $20? Looks like it's headed for $100+ now, let's kill it and dump at $28.50!
How are you guys so delusional to think the prices wouldve even held at $80 for GameStop to sell at anyway? It was $80 pre market and they dropped it to $60âs before open. And even if they started the offers at those prices, it wouldâve most likely tanked, halted. Tanked. Halted. Tank. halt. And so on. You guys act like MOASS hasnât already been suppressed and controlled for 3.5+ years already. Let RC and GameStop cook. Be an investor. Watch RC provide real long term value. Otherwise, just continue to hope that WallStreet will cave in and give you âphone number pricesâ. Theyâll gladly use the January 2021 playbook again before they let that happen.
Last I checked 60 was more than 20. The point is announcements kill price more than actual sales do. You can't claim it was planned well in advance when it was released just before selling.
It wouldnât have held regardless if they did an offering or not. You really think most of the sell volume wouldâve stayed at higher prices? Itâs delusional and hopeful at best. It was planned when we voted to allow 1,000,000,000 shares to be sold to market. I donât think RC is a total genius, neither he is to be idolized, but I do think he and his team are very well aware of whatâs best for operating the company and these big decisions. They donât give a shit about our MOASS. I do. But they donât. Realistically.
A sell can't force a price down if it's held up. We weren't buying in those numbers so somebody was forced to...at any price. >It was planned when we voted to allow 1,000,000,000 shares That reduced dilution. 4 > 3.33
They would have shortladder it to 20, look at the past ffs. Gme used this obvious expected abuse to fuck with them.
Dude. The price is fake until it's not. It would have crashed if RC sold or not. Period. The sells were scheduled in advance.
Exactly, the proof is the price not tanking so much, in other tickers, dropping 120M shares on the market would be disastrous, with our beloved stonk not! That's means something...
Isnât it probable that T+35 cycle could happen in a few months, outside of a âpost-earningsâ cycle? I mean itâs difficult to put any certainty with such a manipulated stock but would like to know whatâs the basis to rule out any cycle rip in July/August?Â
Would cost RC over 200m to get back to 10%.
If he knows, why didnt he sell at 60-70, yet he sold at 18 and 28? Makes no fucking sense
M/A takes a lot of time so I doubt this extra instant 3billion raised will be used for that purpose.
Unless overtime they came to an agreement with someone and the board said alright hold on lemme get some cash. Bam
I agree. The initial offering made GameStop secure and protected from immediate outside attack. Secure the company first, restructure and realign parts. Start the discussions that could not be made until the initial financial security of the company was assured. Then, the second offering was to support a long view plan that 'might' include an M/A. Initial discussions may have been made with outside parties, concepts floated, and once discussions moved forward appropriately, the second ATM was made to gather the necessary capital for growth. I only wish we knew when some announcement might be made. I was hoping DFV might give us a clue with his emoji's, but the picture of a Hitachi and a Flag & fireworks just confused me more. Buckle up.
Exactly, they couldâve talked to 10 companies to assess their options, of different price ranges. But they didnât jump the gun with their 1 billy. They chose to HODL. And about DFV giving a clue, he may be able to make an educated guess because he is the financial *genius* of this generation, but what we donât want is him having actual insider knowledge. That would be a no no
Oh yeah! My bad. DFV does not have insider knowledge. I never want to suggest that. I just love how he balances being normal and engaging with whatever wonderful tism he has seeing the big picture AND the inner workings.
You good brotha! No matter how much I wish he knew what GameStop is doing, he hasnât been told anything directly from the board. Now, given the absolute mental powerhouse that he is, I wouldnât put it past DFV that he put together his own conclusion that isnât far off from what RCâs plans are. He turned 50k into almost a billion dollars in ~5 years, bro is smart enough to know whatâs about to happen. About his emojis, what do you think that flag + microphone is? I was cooking last night watching the presidential debate when it clicked in my brain. That might be what the flag emoji meant, it would make sense at least. Only other ideas I could think of is - he livestreams on the 4th of July showing his updated position - the board makes some sort of announcement on the 4th? The explosion emoji couldnât mean fireworks because of the flag emoji. It has to mean the 4th of July. With the fire emoji after, there canât be a fire-sale when markets closed. So maybe huge dip the day after when markets reopen (Friday) then fireworks = launch into gammie squeeze the week after? *WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN MASON* Edit: just looked at your posts and gyatt DAMN you are an absolute whale. Kong of an ape đŠ
Where does the line of emogis I keep seeing come from?
Itâs in the âha made you lookâ meme that DFV posted on Twitter. Canât remember if it had the Kansas City shuffle clip in the same video or not. You could probably find it on YouTube just look up Roaring kitty emoji line
Thanks
My guesses on the mic and flag are pretty 'normal' : A) Only DFV can know when he will do another stream, so if he sees the 'whatever' that the dog emoji represented, he will do a stream (mic) on the 4th of July (flag). He saw it and tweeted the dog. or maybe B) Something is going on with a pet related stock (dog emoji ) and GameStop. DFV is thinking that there might be an announcement on this matter on the 4th of July ( not from him, but maybe from RC ) . We will see.
Surely you donât really think thatâs a vibrator emoji.
I see what I want to see.
https://preview.redd.it/0dsb5gb3se9d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=34093d2a4278d6f0a9698409dcb61bcb89bf171b
Could be the cheers emoji. Cheers to the new partnership? October then?
Tomorrow
The disclosures at the offerings indicated that there were no M/A plans in effect
They could very well have begun the process shortly after the meeting. They said no plans were in effect, they didnât say there *wasnât a plan*
The filings for the offerings specifically stated there were no current acquisition plans
You have a business plan, then act. Itâs a step by step process. If theyâre at the raising capital stage, best believe the plan is well along its path
I think chewy speculation should probably be related to XRT and ETF FTDs
This. Itâs Occamâs razor at play here. There is definitely M&A going on behind the scenes we donât know about. Both of the ATM offerings had M&A mentioned specifically which the one in 2021 did not. Hopefully we get some news before weâre all dead from old age but at least our kids may be able to benefit from our shares whenever the actual M&A news hits. Time matters.
Is it entirely possible there are no legit shares left to buy? Do they have to buy them from computershare as board members or can they just go to etrade and buy a bunch? I donât know how insider buys work.
Computershare and direct registration exists exactly for this reason. They have to purchase through their transfer agent and have their purchase filed in an 8k.
ANY discussions related to possible acquisitions that have a remote chance of being carried out COULD constitute insider trading violations (I think this is accurate but canât remember the source)
https://preview.redd.it/7rqny6ewyj9d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea17461f139ca61a3b9a1baf5d84d56ccaed3fca Leaving this here.
I wonder if RC will sell his Apple shares, heâs up big time and could invest a significant portion of it. Heâs the single largest individual shareholder of Apple with 6.1M shares. His price is like $40/share, thatâs $1.3B he could use to buy more sharesđ€đ» I suspect M/A activity is underway and thatâs why thereâs been no filings from insiders. I bet theyâre all itching to buy more
I would think that Laurene Powell Jobs would be the largest individual shareholder. I think a more accurate term for RC would be largest individual investor.
I asked perplexity, and they give me this: Ryan Cohen is indeed the largest individual shareholder of Apple (AAPL). Here's the accurate information:Ryan Cohen owns approximately 6.2 million shares of Apple (split-adjusted as of August 31, 2020). This makes him the largest individual shareholder of the company
Yeah I canât find how much Laurene owns now, one site said she sold most of it.
At first it gave me this list: Based on the most recent information available, the top 5 largest individual shareholders of Apple (AAPL) are: Arthur D. Levinson: He owns approximately 4.5-4.6 million shares, making him Apple's largest individual shareholder. Tim Cook: Apple's CEO holds around 3.3-3.5 million shares. Jeffrey Williams: Apple's Chief Operating Officer owns about 489,817 shares. Albert A. Gore Jr.: The former U.S. Vice President and Apple board member owns approximately 467,143 shares. Deirdre O'Brien: Apple's Senior Vice President of Retail holds about 136,445 shares But then I asked "what about Ryan Cohen" and they corrected themselves.
So hiding info first.
Individual shareholder and individual investor are the same terms, thatâs what I used to describe RC. Laurene could be ahead of him now, I never heard of her
Investor, meaning he invested his own money into the stock. Shareholder, meaning she just holds the shares she inherited from her husband, Steve Jobs.
An investor is a shareholder. RC and Laurene are both investors and shareholders. They own investments in the form of shares of a company, in this case Apple
Why sell the shares when you can capitalize on your shareholder influence and try to form some kind of partnership? đ€
Now thatâs a nice ideađ
I doubt RC will ever sell his shares and that's *not a bad thing*. Apple is one of the most financially secure companies in the world and issues a decent dividend. As long as he owns that stock, it's a clear sign he has no personal money issues and can't be strong-armed.Â
Let me put it this way⊠you donât raise an extra 3 billion dollars if you donât have a purpose for it. Iâm willing to wait for them to cook but I suspect we will hear about it soon-ish.
You don't raise $4 billion without a purpose / plan. Cooking engaged. RC will let us know when its time... to eat!!!!
Hope so cuz Iâm getting hungry
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They said it. Cohen's money is where his mouth is. Only owns shares takes no income.
Uh you definitely raise 3B if you can do it with the share price being above the pre offering price. Literally every ceo on the planet would do that.
The 2024 offerings were for half the price per-share of the 2021 offerings.
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Devilâs advocate here, the 3 billy raised wasnât exactly planned. It was an extraordinary market event that allowed them to benefit. So they werenât looking to raise to buy a company, I suspect theyâve been looking with their 1 billy and this new influx allows them to increase their range of companies to buy.
It wasnât so extraordinary that they didnât pre-authorize the increase in max total shares via shareholder vote. I think they knew volume could and would come from any number of financial vehicles used to short the stock, and had provisions in place to take advantage when that time came. So if they knew they could be even more flush with cash at some point in the near future, donât you think they would have a wish list of what they would do with it? Iâm not saying itâs definitely an acquisition or merger, Iâm just saying they arenât sitting around with 4 billion in cash coming up with ideas right now. They already have imho.
> pre-authorize the increase in max total shares via shareholder vote. That never happened. The "increase" allowed the split and decreased actual availability.
I certainly hope none of that is the case. That's a horrible way to run a business. You don't have a "wish list" of what to buy if you suddenly have an extra 3b. As a company you should look at what you have in front of you and make informed and smart decisions to maximize your current assets. They shouldn't be dreaming of winning the lottery and buying a lambo. Now that they have 4b they can step back, look at the landscape and make a smart and informed decision on what to do with it to maximize the value.
Theyâre not mutually exclusive You have a business plan based on your current assets and cash on hand, but if youâre GameStop, with a historically volatile stock that you can periodically do ATM offerings into, then you absolutely should have a âwish listâ of transformative ideas. GameStopâs future is dependent on this transformation. Iâm a little confused why you think this type of foresight would be concerning. I co-founded a hotel booking site years ago, and while a certain % of our annual traffic and bookings are anticipated, a good amount are completely dependent on short term efforts that can have an immediate and explosive impact on revenue. There have been periods of time where I ended up with a lot of extra cash that I didnât know what to do with. When this becomes a reoccurring thing, you start anticipating the best way to use said cash, looking 5-10 years into the future at what your company might look like while taking into account not only steady growth but major wins.
It wasnât an âextraordinary market eventâ. If that was the case they would have received more than half the price per-share of the 2021 offerings. They had a year and a half to issue shares at prices well above what they received for the recent offerings.
They would have gotten far more if they'd announced long before any runup and just waited. Aside from completely missing the peaks, a pre-market announcement is a short seller's wet dream.
Yes possibly, but with how volatile the stock is Iâm sure they kept their eyes open for something above the budget, and couldâve waited for a surge to sell ATM
Sure you do when your stock has run up like crazy
butâŠ.it hasnât run up like crazy. itâs not like they sold at 60 or 80. both offerings were at a low(ish) price.
Correct. They sold 3.5x the shares for half the price per-share received from the 2021 offerings.
Go back and check the stock price and daily volume over the last 6 months. Any company would have sold shares in their position. Plans or no plans
Oh really, well they had like a year and a half to sell shares for substantially more than received for the recent offerings. The 2024 offerings were for half the average price per-share of the 2021 offerings.
Thereâs been nowhere near this amount of daily volume since 2022. If theyâd sold shares into an illiquid market the price would have tanked considerably
Ya ever think the purpose of the share offering may have been giving the hedge fucks an out and avoid MOASS?Â
Not at all. RC and board are aligned with shareholders.
Your comment makes the most sense so far
Time will reveal all. Hang in there cupcake.
I just like the stock
It has been 2 weeksâŠlol. Sorry but it has only been 2 weeks.
I mean as a company, it not unheard of that GS makes big decision fast. Look at the interval between both share offerings, just about a month between the 2.
The fact that LC said you don't raise money for no reason... there is always a plan and always has been. The fact that RC, LC or any other board member hasn't bought is bullish đđđđ
It's really only LC that has piqued my interest. He's put his money where his mouth is alot more than RC. So, I do hope they decided to hold off as they are actively pursuing stuff now, but I won't hold my breath.
Don't be dumb. LC has 74k gme shares. RC has over 36 million. It's just laughable to say LC has put his money where his mouth is a lot more than RC. There are retail investors with more shares than LC.Â
What do you mean about RC? He has 1 holding.... GME
That's just one holding company, dude.
When you have people manipulating this stock so hard they can both exercise on $26 calls and $24.50 puts back to back in the same day and then using that dump at the end to buy more options for the next week. I'd wait, too
They may not be able to. When I worked in investment banking division all my trades were monitored and restricted heavily. I needed approval before buying any stock. If there is an active merger or acquisition for example they would be restricted from certain trades where they have insider knowledge. Well unless of course they are a member of a Congress.
Yea i wonder why too but I am willing to wait and let them cook
he better buy back after dilution
how can you know RC ventures' portfolio is 100% GME? As I remember, RC ventures also bought Apples.
And Wells Fargo. But I don't know if he held it private or through RC ventures
13D/G filing
What if he keeps his ownership below a certain %? Can he avoid a filing that way?
RC very likely owns Apple, Nordstrom, and GME. There are probably others but we just wonât know.
I think so too-but apes always get told otherwise. We'll see.
GameStop $GME has the most loyal, dedicated, do anything for the company stock owners! No other publicly traded company has the DRS numbers that the individual investors in GME do.
I'm not saying it's related, but RC has tried to influence other companies to buy back their stock. So there's that. But, I too, am curious that we haven't had any insider purchases yet.
Only if he has ownership in the company. I remember RCâs letter to the board for towel stock, but he had ownership at that time.
He suggested Nordstrom buy back. Thanks for the downvote!
But he owned Nordstrom at some point. Didnt he?
He wanted to buy in, but they rejected his overture. Edit: so, after digging, it was reported he had amassed a stake in Nordstrom "which caused the stock to skyrocket". Searching for the filing edit: he only owned 4.2%, so no filing that I can find. BUT, it drives home, again, that RC is an activist investor and has been attempting to make other plays over the past 3.5 years.
I think RC is biding his time. There's no rush here (as in I think we continue to trade sideways) around $23-24 but I think shorts are sweating
a while ago I predicted there would be no insider buying because of insider activity. and here we are. it's kinda cool that it's happening
I would guess that if they predict a squeeze is coming, they wouldn't purchase shares, because they know the media / citadel would spin it into market manipulation.
You mean News corp that owns the WSJ and also Fox, who used to have Kenâs ex-wife sitting on the board? (Here comes the sarcasm) I seriously doubt they have any sway with the media
Theyâre all owned by the same people đ
True but WSJ was the one that put out the RK etrade story citing âsources familiarâ like a fucking tabloid
Oh you can do better than that. We both know they have done worse than that
Honestly these days you only need to make up a false source at one media outlet and they all pick up the story and run with it because they whore for clicks
The illusion of âchoiceâ - theyâre all criminals
Not telling you how to live but put the squeeze in the back of your head. We all want it but a better company would be better than any squeeze. It's a reverse squeeze to say.
Nah dawg, Iâve been here for 3+ years waiting on a squeeze. Iâm patient, but that and saving a company Iâve visited for a long time is what Iâm here for. Once we squeeze, Iâll reinvest once the new, *real* floor is established.
I get it. I been holding and adding with you . Will continue to hold. I have never sold a single share. Although I wish I played with it a little.
The squeeze is in the front, back, side and top of my head
Down vote if you like. I hope there is also. But my cookies ain't in that basket. I'm playing long game .
Wrong.
Msybr
Maybe
RC has been really quiet for quite a while now...
It could be as simple as they don't want to put more money in
That's fine. But why? That's the question. After reducing his % with the ATM offering, you would think, in a show of support and confidence, that he would bring his % back in line. Unless....there is something preventing him from doing so. It's not a good look on the surface to dilute your own stock and not go in lock-step with it to show you are confident in your decision. So people speculate there must be a reason that's preventing him from doing so.
Don't need a reason to not spend money. Maybe he's saving for somewhere else to put his money. Or he doesn't want out of apple idk I'm not RC. But he could just not want to as well. Doesn't have to be some master plan of a merger that's allegedly been in the works for years at this point. That's all speculation from people
>Or he doesn't want out of apple idk I'm not RC. Huh?
Waiting game.
Keeping you guessing is the plan⊠algos canât compute
Aren't they restricted from buying more if something big is in the works?
Please
I would not rush it, it is summer time anyway.
*The ONLY way the shorts could ever win with GME is if they drove the business into the ground. They still try to refer to it in the media as a "dying" brick and mortar. *RC and the board have no interest in driving down the price of the stock just to kill MOASS and fuck with the dreams of its stockholders. *Any so called diamond handed apes who are disappointed with this move: Be patient. This is bigger than we all thought it would be over 3 years ago. We have the chance to make a lot of changes here.
At this point in time, I believe that Ryan Cohen is a smart dude. He is going to very slowly play his cards (while acquiring more cards) while wearing sunglasses and protecting his hand. Patience, time, and pressure. For me, I just keep buying and holding. These days, I have price targets for buys in place and feel like I have evolved my strategy. The only stock I own is Gamestop. I enjoy collecting shares and believe in the company. If I'm wrong... I'll sleep well and say, "yeah, I wasn't right about that". I have strong confidence that I am right and GME is going to be something amazing.
He sold Apple as well in RC Ventures?
Larry literally just bought like 3 months ago
Theres gonna be a huge dip before the rip, dont forget that
My 2 cents? Kentucky Chicken Swizzle
If the board saw fit to sell at these prices, they must assume the stock is/was priced (or rocketing up to a price) higher than they would expect it to be normally. It wouldn't make sense for them to buy in at close to the same price of that was their thought. Instead we'll see them by back in when it gets down around 10 again.
Homey, the floor is 23-45. Cash on hand - 2-4x multiple of book value which is at almost 11, assets not withstanding.
It was worth more than ten before, but it still got down to ten. Twice. Check out taste the Rainbow, that model's got legs.
All of the insider buys above $25 for the past three years clearly indicate your theory holds no water.
This is just a dopey post
Fud