• fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc
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    2 months ago

    What’s so valuable about it?

    Nothing.

    It’s a very unusual situation.

    It’s basically a proxy for a bet on whether Trump will get a second term. That’s why it took a dump after the debate didn’t go well.

    Supporters want to say they have some TMTG shares, and are happy to pay absurd prices for shares without reference to the actual value.

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      2 months ago

      And outside the cult, it’s a bet that Truth Social would become a vector for bribing the president of the United States. If people are going to bribe Trump by pumping his share price, you can get a cut.

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        2 months ago

        TMTG has a huge net operating loss. I think that the way the company is bribed is in investment funds.

        However, I don’t think they are bribing him by pumping his share price. IIRC (take this with a hugeeeee grain of salt) the share price is determined by the last transaction price. If you place a market order, it’s the sell prices that would fulfill your order amount. On the other hand, a limit order is fulfilling your order at a set price. It would take consistent investment over time to create enough transactions to keep the stock price high.

        Hence, I think TMTG is receiving large cash infusions and Trump is getting paid through bonuses or something similar. Cheaper and more direct