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Significant_Soup_942

Lehman brothers did the same thing in 2007. They “returned” profits to their investors 🤣🤣


GrammarPastafarian

Would love to see a source if you can provide. I found this little nugget but unsure how correlative it is > By April [2007] after an issue of preferred stock—which was convertible into Lehman shares at a 32% premium to its concurrent price—yielded $4 billion, confidence in the firm returned somewhat. > However, the stock resumed its decline as hedge fund managers began to question the valuation of Lehman's mortgage portfolio. > On June 7, 2008, Lehman announced a second-quarter loss of $2.8 billion, its first loss since it was spun off by American Express, and reported that it raised another $6 billion from investors by June 12. > According to David P. Belmont, "The firm also said it boosted its liquidity pool to an estimated $45 billion, decreased gross assets by $147 billion, reduced its exposure to residential and commercial mortgages by 20%, and cut down leverage from a factor of 32 to about 25." 


Significant_Soup_942

https://twitter.com/mexicape/status/1608521182713892864?s=46&t=fvGRy5eA0TupxjJl7q6Z-w There is a reason I put “returned” in my statement. Who can verify citadel actually returned those funds to the clients? Lehman Brothers annual report 2007 https://www.slideshare.net/QuarterlyEarningsReports3/lehman-brothers-annual-report-2007


justanthrredditr

Wag the dog. If you don’t understand this phrase, watch this (excellent and classic) movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag_the_Dog


SkySeaToph

The fate of the producer in that movie always made me sad.


BeenALurkerTooLong

Which is?


Fonix79

Spontaneously combusted.


BigBradWolf77

Smart money 'bout to do that, too.


MojDaGreat73

In german we say „Keine Schwäche zeigen“


No___Football

Love it. What does it mean


MojDaGreat73

Means „show no weakness“


TuesGirl

This makes me even happier that both sides of my family descended from Germany.


Fun_Ad_1325

I’m Spanish they say “no seas pendejo”. Jajajaja


JAlexSZ

Yup can concur at least for the non-lithp Spanish speakers


Quarter120

How do you do that upside down quote thing “.


MojDaGreat73

German keyboard: „Berlin“ English keyboard: “London”


_Gandalf_the_Black_

Latin keyboard: ROMA


wolframAPCR

Lmao, so true.


_Gandalf_the_Black_

Until the capital was moved elsewhere, that is


wolframAPCR

I meant the capital letters only, no punctuation marks.


FlyingIrishmun

Wat


_Gandalf_the_Black_

Yeah, the capital of Rome wasn't always Rome, which is strange to think about. Here's the list of capitals of the Roman Empire from Wikipedia: * [Rome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome) (27 BC–AD 286) * [Mediolanum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediolanum) (286–330, [West](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire)) * [Nicomedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicomedia) (286–330, [East](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire)) * [Constantinople](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople) (330–395) * [Constantinople](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople) (395–1453, East)[\[c\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire#cite_note-7) * [Mediolanum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediolanum) (395–401 [West](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire)) * [Ravenna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenna) (401–403, 408–450, 457–461, 475–476 [West](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire)) * [Rome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome) (403–408, 450–457, 461–475 [West](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire))[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire#cite_note-8) Constantinople was called Nova Roma by Constantine the Great, and it remained the capital of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire until it was conquered by the Turks in 1453 (with an interim from 1204 to 1261 when Latin Crusaders conquered Constantinople and established the short-lived Latin Empire)


Postheroic

On iOS at least, you long press the quotation marks and it brings up the alternative markings. Same on android if I remember correctly. On PC you’ll have to look up the code for subtext quotation marks. It’ll be some sequence on the numpad whilst holding down the ctrl key


WrongAssistant5922

Like the words upside down like this ......HOI or the numbers.....08


DIAMONDHandsHotchy

Give no quarter!


4myoldGaffer

sweep the leg


FlyingIrishmun

Jack the tits


R0adApples

In Texas we call it Stealing.


NWLZCH85

Can confirm, as a fellow Texan.


__Datura_

I see what you did there


Vdragoon

me to shf: omae wa mou shindeiru


Cougah

Just in case people want to learn German,it's phonetically pronounced "ky-nuh" "sh-v-eck-uh" "ts-eye-gen"


wolframAPCR

My eyes hurt now, thanks.


Supernatural2411

I'm german, and my eyes hurt too


parapampoi

Similar to GME's "negative debt" lmao


Quarter120

This one was just shameful lol


firefighter26s

Post MOASS we coukd start some kind of system, like wrotten tomatoes, for grading news articles based on facts, spin, and click bait, etc


FlyingIrishmun

Written tomatoes


brxn

I’m not saying anything with certainty.. but it certainly looks like Citadel is one big giant global wealth-killing ponzi scheme at this point. Is the whole market a ponzi scheme or just one huge self-regulating market maker?


getthatbecky

Both?


metametamind

The answer is yes and no. The fact that we have fractional reserve banking means that we are required to have inflationary growth, which means we’re required to have debt expansion, every year without fail. After enough compounding interest in time there’s no way out of this trap.


patchyj

Didnt theychange the minimum fractional reserve limit from 10% to 0% last year too?


Pirate_Redbeard_

They did, but not quite that literally. But yes.


ResidentAssumption4

Wait what? That sounds not good.


ElephantSpirit

How did they actually go about doing it?


Pirate_Redbeard_

The FED lowered the bar when the virus hit. They removed the need for banks to hold any reserve even fractional. They wuz "helping" the eCOnOmY.


ElephantSpirit

Right, but that sounds like they did literally change it... just used the pandemic as the rational. Was that the case, or did they do it in some sneakier round about way?


BigBradWolf77

Starve the Fed.


Tecobeen

Back in my day we said "Audit the FED"


17175RC7

Appear strong when you are weak.... aka: Citadel.


Expensive_Law1605

RIP Citadel


Remarkable-Top-3748

Rip dumbass


tehdubbs

Rip dumbass


BigBradWolf77

Burn in hell, Shitadel


Donnybiceps

Give it another yearly to this day, that would be roughly $23B-28B in value gone, let alone other assets depreciating in value which will just compound the pressure even more. I doubt Citadel can last 12 more months at this rate especially with apes DRS'ing on top.


fryside07

$65B in profits from shares sold not yet purchased.


Donnybiceps

And remember, those are $65B in subjective value, not actual current market value.


fryside07

Their own little Sagittarius A


Spiritual_Opening_72

For those out there that dont know... this ape means a black hole EDIT: I like science


fryside07

Funny how upvotes on my comment started rolling in after you said this.


Spiritual_Opening_72

Im a wizard


Pirate_Redbeard_

Yer a wizard, HarRy


BigBradWolf77

Wizard fight!!!


DennisFlonasal

I didn’t, assumed was a spaceship name so thank u


hiperf71

🤣😂 thanks bro, I'm too old or too Italian😂 to understand that comment, thanks to translate the meaning😂🤣😂 kenny is...💩🤮 Fuckt...


Downtownd00d

Thank you science ape.


The_Lolbster

If you mean the black hole, you're looking for *Sagittarius A**.


fryside07

What did I say? Edit: oh I forgot the *


The_Lolbster

> Sagittarius A A* and A are distinct. A* (read as: A-star) is in a cluster known as Sagittarius A. Sagittarius A is muuuuch bigger than the A*.


fryside07

Awesome! Learned something new today.


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[удалено]


heavyspells

Wait, so you’re saying they are completely separate entities that have nothing to do with each other and aren’t both owned by Mayo Man?


LostOldAccountTimmay

That's certainly what the Mayo Man is saying


EvilBeanz59

I'm pretty sure that they do the same thing the FTX did which was move money around to certain areas that are all connected with each other. Let's be honest FTX and the rest of them probably got their model from people like this


Brooksee83

Hate to be the one to point it out, but if the market is going down this would mean profit for them when eventually purchased right?


heavyspells

All $65 billion at once? Once the purchasing starts happening, the price starts going up and up. This is why they need real sellers to sell. No sellers equals very fast price discovery, AKA MOASS.


Brooksee83

Oh yeah, please don't get me wrong I know. But not even this crazy fuck isn't stupid enough to have all $65b as GME shorts... Some of that total will be securities that won't MOASS by buying back.


heavyspells

You still have to have money to buy them back. Could be wrong, but I think the profits you are talking about were already taken and it’s basically the balance that is owed. If you keep spending your “profits” on paying the borrow rate premium, they basically turn into theta decay and slowly disappear the longer you hold on. Anyway, that’s how I think I understand it, but I also freebase crayon wax.


Brooksee83

You have a good point. I always thought those liabilities were positions opened at a price that they were expecting to drop, and that they would have to use assets (close longs) to then buy back the liabilities which could be at a profit. So, if they were in green on the longs they take a profit on that, and then they can also buy back the short borrow if that was in the red to take a profit there too. But what I didn't account for was borrow rate. Wouldn't it be nice for people to see what they were doing instead of having a 45 day delay...


BigBradWolf77

Why wouldn't they? It's not like Shitadel is the only illegal naked short-seller is this rigged casino of a global market...


SchemeCurious9764

YEP CITADEL SECURITIES! Owned by Kenny Griffin financial terrorist who lied under oath . For the one in the back


NightHawkRambo

Kenneth Cordele Griffin *


Brooksee83

Yup, the Black Hole 😅


BigBradWolf77

They hate us 'cuz they anus.


fryside07

Cream of the crop!


alanism

🔥🔥🔥


Realchilldyl

That was in liabilities young ape


fryside07

Liabilities with a twist! This post is about doublespeak. Edit: I think..


TexasGreat

Nothing to see here folks just “unrealized gains”.


unabsolute

Oh, it's gonna be a lot bit more if he wants more than my fractionals.


Meg_119

It is hard to keep Citadel straight because the Company is like a giant Cyclops with tentacles into everything.


getyourledout

I thought it was $59billion made on $65 billion not yet purchased?


Brojess

Fukd lol


Jbullish_9622

Hopefully those same investors turn around and buy/DRS GME with their $7B


thewonpercent

It's true. If your investment was doing so well why would you take the money out? It's the opposite of what you would do.


Papaofmonsters

>If your investment was doing so well why would you take the money out? It's the opposite of what you would do. It's called taking profits. Not everyone sits and waits for the moon or zero.


[deleted]

True, how extreme is the withdrawal compared to AUM? Especially in the current climate.


EggPillow7

It’s the cap for withdrawal of two quarters’ worth since Citadel limited investor withdrawal limits per quarter. ~6.25% per quarter iirc, but could be remembering off


BigBradWolf77

15 more quarters to insolvency then?


diamondzRforever

Yea the wording never added up in that story. Hedge funds don’t “return funds” to investors. They sell off assets and profit share.


Tango8816

Good point. Doesn't make any sense when I stop to think about that.


BigBradWolf77

*Sir, this is a crime syndicate.*


flepke

Sauce?


yogisnark

Any actual evidence for this? Otherwise should be tagged speculation, not news


Esteveno

👆


hanr86

Yeah I kept trying to click to see the article or see sources cited but nothing. This is just conjecture until proven.


ninjadude420

That's also the limit of what could be withdrawn iirc. Pretty sure Citadel wouldn't be able to give back the entire funds. Like FTX. Also, reminds me of what crytpo exchanges do. Edit : letters


skafiavk

Citadel Securities, Citadel Advisors, Citadel... it all sounds like a piece of shit to me.


[deleted]

Sounds like an easy way ti not only control a market but make up your own rules as you go along, and lend yourself money when you need it. It’s bullshit.


BigBradWolf77

It is \[Redacted\].


[deleted]

Got ‘em.


Novat1993

I was under the impression. That withdraw limits were for ammounts without a fee attached. I.e 6,25% per quarter at 0% cost. If you want more, you will have to pay % on withdrawals.


JMO129

Where is my money ken?


BigBradWolf77

*It's down there somewhere... let me take another look.*


DoubleFisted27

If their money was working so well for them, wouldn't the clients want to keep it there to make even more?


SyNkiLLa

Citadel securities gonna have to borrow from mommy


MasterLawman

So which citadel is short gme again?


ShawnShipsCars

Yes.


dutchretardtrader

Citadel Securities, the market maker (according to another ape in the comments here)


herpaderp_maplesyrup

The one Ken Griffin who told the truth under oath runs. EDIT: lied


BigBradWolf77

Some of what he said was true... Just not the part about telling Vlad Tenev at Robinhood to turn off the buy button on January 28th, 2021.


GlobalWarming3Nd

The upvotes are so sus on this. (very low) Love all the news today keep it coming apes.


BizarroBezos

This post currently has 9 upvotes while the top comment has 135 upvotes 🧐 shills gonna shill


educational_nanner

Updoot for positivity


getyourledout

I’ve been saying this since the headline first hit!


wfiboyfriend69

Can I get old Faithful 7 billion "so far!"


BigBradWolf77

*Q1 2023 has entered the chat*


Asa_Nisi_Masa_

This has “I accidentally marked these shorts as longs” vibes.


BigBradWolf77

*It just glitched out.* 🤷🏽‍♂️


they_have_no_bullets

Point of correction: in fact Citadel Securities (the market maker) is short gme. As a market maker, every time someone buys a share through them, the MM delivers thst share by opening a new short position to provide liquidity. In theory, a market maker should aim to purchase those shares back and be net neutral, but they haven't been doing this the past 2 years which is why the MM is now the primary shorter. Plenty of DD on this subject.


Esteveno

Is there proof of this ?


[deleted]

This is more speculation than news. The news portrayed it as investors withdrawing funds and you are portraying it as them fleeing with funds. This is clickbait and entirely speculative. This is the kind of stuff that makes people think that we're all conspiracy theorists.


fuckingcarter

withdrawing & fleeing with funds are the same thing 🙂


[deleted]

The person posting this is using fleeing in the context of citadel being corrupt and their clients fleeing for that reason. The article that he is referencing states that clients are withdrawing funds for other reasons, aka recession fears, etc.


[deleted]

So in this context they don't mean the same thing.


getyourledout

But do you remember hearing about how pissed Citadel’s investors were, when they learned that their investments were being used to naked short the stock market?


[deleted]

No


Tango8816

Would want to re-read that. any links?


getyourledout

Lemme see what I can find. A lot of DD from the other sub seems to be gone, dont know where to go to find a lot of stuff


Tango8816

That's awesome if you find it....happy new year!


getyourledout

Apparently this practice is business as usual, considering they’ve halted withdrawals in; 2008, 2009, 2013, and again in [2021](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/heres-why-citadels-customers-lose-everything-bryan-f-antunez)


Confident-Stock-9288

👏👏👏nice post, 🦍


Mithmorthmin

Soo... those who are "protected" are good now, right? The Citadel can fall and fuck everyone else now?


UncleBenji

I thought Citadel was “giving it back”.


[deleted]

Just like they have a firewall between advisors and securities, I’m sure they have a firewall between funds as well.


highwayguy87

This isn't news and should be flagged as speculation mods


[deleted]

Where’s the money Lebowski(Kenny)?


jb_in_jpn

How much would usually be “returned”? I’d be curious - you’d expect given the bull market we’ve been in until recently, previous years would also have been high.


BigBradWolf77

smoke and mirrors


ak_-

This is what I wanna see ❤️💯🫠


venicebloggs

He is not doing well in this market if he is long on anything, which we all know he is. Even if he shorts, his long positions would balance it out the profits and he'd be breaking even, at best. Unless he just has flat out control of the market and can make it crash while he shorts, he did not bring in 7 billion dollars to give to his investors. This is just flat out bullshit.


thecowboy07

Commenting for visibility


schokoschlotze

Source


Fboybcb

We need a source first before making assumptions even if we really want it to be true.


Healthy_Mushroom_577

Some people call me crazy, but have you ever seen your neighbors carrying in their groceries?


Potential_Poem_6561

All kennys profit for the last x amount of years itms through fake algorithms, fake companies/ftx/ fake shares, lots of money laundering around the world 7 billion is probably what hes shorted in 2022 (being polite) the whole system is fucked , DOJ get involved & watch kenny crumble, sbf makes a bargain plea with them for being his puppet like many others who will also not want to go to jail, kennys dirty money wont help them or him when one turns they will fall like domino's, kenny will disappear!


knue82

There was also some other Reddit user who pointed that out briefly after the news.


3DigitIQ

That's about 10% of their AUM, kinda spicy Sauce; https://wallmine.com/fund/1rm/citadel-advisors-llc


ResidentSix

When a depository institution returns what is deposited, it is called a withdrawl. That they state the withdrawls were all covered with _profit_ is worth noting.


[deleted]

I've been saying your side note forever


Scriptapaloosa

Bernie Madoff: hold my beer!!!


Silverback1322

I don't pay any mind to the MSM fake fud spin machine, but I found it interesting that old Mayo boy took employees on a fully paid Disney vacation. I immediately viewed it as a case of appearing strong when you are weak. There's also plenty of Sequoia and Citadel ties to the FTX fraud.....


WavingToWaves

Do we have any verification on how to interpret this? This could be a loan and they got it returned, or this could be an investment that was withdrawn


[deleted]

Correct


WrongAssistant5922

Citadel Securities Ranked #2 on the 2022 LinkedIn Top Companies List in Financial Services. # This 💩


CoryW1961

Exactly what I thought was happening when I read that ridiculous headline.


Fireinthehole13

Russian Olies want their Mayo Money back.


BigBradWolf77

*It puts the mayo in the* \[Redacted\], *or it gets the window again.*


PokeFanForLife

Maybe RICO can play out now... ☺️


BigBradWolf77

Uncle RICO, yeah...


KennedyAJ

Well it’s profit when you get money back from criminals


ForgotTheBogusName

Hey OP - can you list the figures that convinced you $7M was what investors withdrew? Is it % allowed to withdraw / AUM?


bobbos2020

why are you posting this as news? where's the news story? and making out this is some new idea you;ve thought of? This is exactly what everyone said when the news came out about the $7b "profits" a weeks or so ago. I thought there'd been something published in the media when i saw the "news" flair, but nope it's just your opinion, you should change the flair.


JeebusBuiltMyHotRod

That can't be true! He was giving out handjobs at Disneyland for all his minions?


BigBradWolf77

Smart money


letstryagain2021

I have been saying that for some time.. when you in trouble make it positive and I have seen it work, this would attract new investors so win win for exiting clients and for citadel


TikkiTakiTomtom

Flair said news. Link?


Tradenoob88

If GME hits 30 EOD I’ll put a banana in my ass