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Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working by cmcaleer on Friday February 28, 2025 @10:42PM (#43215594)
His whole narrative he crafted was really unbelievable. I watched a video of him explaining his story, expecting to hear some story of finding consistent signals that stayed alive for a long time or finding crafty wording in bond contracts, but the whole story was that he took a punt on the GFC being worse than the market expected, and he made low 8 figures. And somehow, because of this, by some measure, he was the best trader in the world.

I too was the best trader in the world when I got some skittles from my friend in the playground for free and sold them to another kid for a dollar making an infinity percent profit, but I didn’t feel the need to make a YouTube career out of it.

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Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working by blitzar on Saturday March 01, 2025 @05:30AM (#43217944)
Grifters gunna grift. He is just another lippy barrow boy that claims to be the "best trader in the world" - actually surprisingly common in London bank dealing rooms.

The oddity is that it has taken so long for them to find YouTube.

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Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working by wnolens on Saturday March 01, 2025 @12:53PM (#43221682)
I too was intrigued to find him but it took 10mins of watching a few videos to be left feeling duped.

Felt like he's working out his problems on YouTube rather than therapy (after first trying to in a trading career). I really dislike his (and most progressive's) narrative that others are distinctly out to get you. It shrouds the real complex machinery, and papers it over with intent. Which impedes meaningful progress i think.

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Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working by evidencetamper on Saturday March 01, 2025 @10:09PM (#43226811)
I find it surprising that someone who worked inside a banking corporation, and has seen first hand that nothing ever goes according to plan, is able to believe that somehow the machinery is perfectly orchestrating a privilege loop.
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