Every one of these stories about DJT stock in the month of October has been missing the same subheadline. "Stock price dips to what is was at a few days ago, then quickly recovers." Which can probably be read as "Whale cashes out, Quiltists fill in the hole."
There’s no evidence it’s quiltists. That kind of blanket statement has no place in this debate. It could be someone else trying to fleece investors before they cotton on.
One screenshot was from the other day when it happened (cropped), the other is from today(uncropped). All I can tell is it's a very volatile stock and people are gambling on it for short term gains.
This is what really pisses me off about the stock market. It's all free market capitalism until it goes bad then suddenly people are concerned with the knock-on effects.
For those not familiar with the stock market, this was clearly telegraphed when his media company used a SPAC.
When a company goes public (IPO), they have to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The process is pretty rigorous and has standard forms that you need to fill out or hurdles that you need to get over:
Company financials and future growth strategy
Corporate governance
Risks and issues both internal and external
Lots of stuff on tech readiness, vulnerabilities and the like.
The bigger the company the harder this is to do correctly, and the more external companies you'll need to verify and underwrite your findings.
But let's say you have a poorly structured company you want to take public. DodgyCo will never get through the IPO gauntlet, so you create a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) called CleanCo. They have fantastic technology methodology, a strong board and TONNES of funding. CleanCo sails through all the SEC gates and Monday morning they go live on the stock market.
Monday afternoon CleanCo buys out DodgyCo, effectively making DodgyCo public without the hassle of actually having to operate like a grownup company.
As soon as it's clear Trump will not be returning to the White House, the value of the stock will plummet to near zero. There will be a few dead cat bounces, but it will go away for good once Harris is sworn in
Unfortunately, it'll probably continue to exist as a way to launder foreign bribes to Trump. Even if Trump soundly loses, he'll still be a useful propaganda mouthpiece.