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Re:Harvard professor rides 170x return in Moderna stock to b... by antsar on Saturday April 25, 2020 @11:47AM (#22978949)
Sounds like his net worth was over 100M at the time. I guess past a certain point, you’ve got enough dividend stocks and want to gamble on something more exciting.
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Re:Harvard professor rides 170x return in Moderna stock to b... by RedBeetDeadpool on Saturday April 25, 2020 @12:00PM (#22979032)
yeah, also 5m out of 100m is nowhere close to an all in. There's a good chance he just had it lying there amongst a bunch of other stocks he was gambling with and didn't even think much of it.
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