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General Electric is the only company…

June 13, 2022Weirdo

General Electric is the only company remaining from the original Dow Jones index of 1896.

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During the time of the Great…

June 5, 2019Weirdo

During the time of the Great Depression, a banker convinced struggling families in Quincy, Florida to buy Coca-Cola shares which traded at $19. Later, the town became the single richest town per capita in the US with at least 67 millionaires.

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Over the last 12 months…

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019Weirdo

Over the last 12 months an investment portfolio selected by throwing darts at stock tables outperformed a portfolio of stocks recommended by high-profile hedge fund managers by 27%.

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A banker who convinced local…

July 28, 2018Weirdo

A banker who convinced local residents to buy Coca Cola Stock during the Depression resulted in a the richest town in America with more millionaires per capita. A single share bought at $19 would be worth $10 Million in 2013.

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On December 10, 1987, a squirrel chewed…

April 17, 2017Weirdo

On December 10, 1987, a squirrel chewed through power lines and shut down the Nasdaq for 82 minutes, preventing the trading of approximately 20 million shares.

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A computer tech forgot to install some new code…

August 9, 2016Weirdo

A computer tech forgot to install some new code in a server. This resulted in a high speed stock trading company that did $21 billion in daily trades to go bankrupt in 45 minutes.

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The stock price of Apple Inc. fell significantly in October…

February 29, 2016Weirdo

The stock price of Apple Inc. fell significantly in October 2008 after a hoax story was submitted to CNN’s user-generated news site iReport.com claiming that company CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a major heart attack. The source of the story was traced back to 4chan.

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There are people who believe our birth certificates…

February 12, 2016Weirdo

There are people who believe our birth certificates are actually bonds for money deposited in our names at birth, and these bonds are traded like stocks on the NYSE.

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Orlando, a ginger cat, competed and won against stock-picking…

October 9, 2015Weirdo

Orlando, a ginger cat, competed and won against stock-picking professionals at the stock market. The cat picked at random, while the professionals used traditional stock-picking methods. At the end of the year, the cat had £542.60 profit, compared to the professionals’ £176.60 profit.

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After a Federal Reserve interest rate decision in 2013…

October 2, 2015Weirdo

After a Federal Reserve interest rate decision in 2013, trades were registered in the Chicago stock market within 2 milliseconds of the announcement. These trades were later found to be insider trading, as this information would take 7 milliseconds to reach Chicago at the speed of light.

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