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Aug 6, 2026 • 8 min read

He was right about AMD's earnings and still lost $284,300

Three of today's four losers were right about the analysis. All four were wrong about leverage.

Aug 5, 2026 • 1 min read

Somebody is about to lose their house on a coin they found in a Reddit comment.

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