Reddit's GameStop, AMC surge is the new Occupy movement

Re:Reddit's GameStop, AMC surge is the new Occupy movement by robjan on Thursday January 28, 2021 @11:10AM (#25944081)

It's not comparable because you can't rent an apartment from someone then sell the ownership of the apartment to someone else because you don't own it.

There's no way of making it comparable without making some kind of derivative contract against the deed to the property but then it's back to traditional shorting.

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Re:Reddit's GameStop, AMC surge is the new Occupy movement by deetsb on Thursday January 28, 2021 @11:20AM (#25944260)

I said this somewhere else, but you should think of the rent as ownership of the utility of the space for a fixed tenor. The only reason you can't easily trade it is most contracts restrict that, but removing that friction, it really isn't too different.

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