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Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy by lotsofpulp on Thursday April 21, 2022 @11:00AM (#31110307)
That is the way that betting correctly on the future value of an asset works. There are many people who have lost money the same way because the value of the asset went down and so they walk away with nothing.
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Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy by mvid on Thursday April 21, 2022 @11:08AM (#31110423)
If the downside is walking away with nothing on a bet that you put nothing on, then I think it’s always worth the risk
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Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy by lotsofpulp on Thursday April 21, 2022 @11:21AM (#31110640)
Sure, but those kinds of deals are rare, especially absent corruption.

A cursory Wikipedia search shows the baseball team owner referenced above put up significant real estate as collateral.

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Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy by solveit on Thursday April 21, 2022 @11:22AM (#31110653)
Yes, all the downside falls on the lenders because that's how investing money works. If you can get someone to loan you hundreds of millions, you should (in a purely economic sense) take it because all you can lose is everything you have.
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