Upside or Downside Risk to Threat to Destroy Civilization?
CNBC anchor Sara Eisen tries to process stock market risks of President Trump threatening to destroy an entire civilization
A friend who read my column this morning—America’s Epistemic Crisis— just sent me this.
I wonder if anyone trading on the stock exchange in Coruscant—the capital and seat of the Galactic Empire in Star Wars—purchased short term OTM put options on companies doing business on Alderaan.
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Not sure about the trading going on in the Galactic Empire. But, when I visited Star Wars, the effects stage, where a friend was Production Manager, I witnessed the fluctuations of the market that brought great wealth. Everyone was in a funk that day. It turned out the studio was pulling funding (placing a put?). I watched the dailies (raw film of the latest shots) and was blown away. I was perhaps one of the first, if not the first, to enthusiastically applaud the crew for their work and express my boffo review of the film elements they were churning out. I guess shortly thereafter Lucas decided to fund a portion of the film himself (he purchased a call) and the result was great rewards for his trade. So, when trading anything to do with the Empire, do not short.