Reddit’s ‘GMEBagHoldersClub’ Is Where GameStop Stock Buyers Admit They Messed Up

Re:Reddit’s ‘GMEBagHoldersClub’ Is Where GameStop Stock Buye... by amf12 on Saturday February 06, 2021 @05:14AM (#26045555)

> If someone is making money with a stock, some other person is losing money right?

Not necessarily. Investing in stocks isn't necessarily a zero-sum game like a lot of people assume. Both the buyer and seller could make profit on a transaction.

Imagine person A bought AMZN for 1000 and later sold it to person B for 2000. A made 1000, and now B made 1000+ on it.

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Re:Reddit’s ‘GMEBagHoldersClub’ Is Where GameStop Stock Buye... by thinkingemote on Saturday February 06, 2021 @07:35AM (#26046119)

There's also people C and D who sold to A and bought from B...

So looking at it from a whole is different from just the buyer and seller. There's a chain.

I agree it's not a zero sum as stocks can rise independently of just market activity if the company is doing well.

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