It’s Still a Bubble, Part 18: Dial ‘M’ for Murder?

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Okay, maybe I am exaggerating a bit. Perhaps the investor featured in this video wouldn’t, couldn’t or didn’t do that.

But what she proposes might give some misguided souls some seriously modern day mentally horrible ideas.

From our friends at Tik-Tok Investors on Twitter:

“I learned it on tiktok, your honor”pic.twitter.com/9YQOY8eQQc
— TTI (@TikTokInvestors) August 8, 2023

When this Bubble of all Bubbles finally pops, I’m going to be there with the beer in one hand, popcorn in the other, and trying to figure if I should laugh or cry.