some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.world · 14 days agoOpenAI is now valued at $157 billionarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down121file-text
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minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 days agoYou can short something with $1. It’s just not enough to affect the value itself. You also don’t technically need any money at all, the point of a basic short is to profit off selling borrowed stock after all.
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoFair point. I, perhaps wrongly, assumed OP wanted to short them out of existence and not just profit from shorting them.
You can short something with $1. It’s just not enough to affect the value itself. You also don’t technically need any money at all, the point of a basic short is to profit off selling borrowed stock after all.
Fair point. I, perhaps wrongly, assumed OP wanted to short them out of existence and not just profit from shorting them.