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The Grand Casino

09 November 2021

On March 11, I wrote:

« Here is our business process today: 
    1/ Turn on the screen;
    2/ Watch the Gamestop price;
    3/ If that number is above $20, turn off the screen. »

Today, Gamestop is worth $213.

How can a company that loses $130M in the last half of the year - and has been doing so for at least 2 years - be worth $16B?

(As a reminder, Gamestop is Micromania - in the age of Amazon and online sales):

The answer is that we are in the casino.

Have a great week,
Charles.

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