alt Hacker NewsWhy are you promoting content by Martin Shkreli? You know, the guy who committed securities fraud to rip off desperate patients?
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Because hn is primarily about competence, knowledge and tech, which Martin has in spades.
The arguments against him barely hold water in general anyway.
Why do you think that just sharing a link to an earlier HN post means 'promoting' someone? I referenced the HN post because I found that it's less about Martin Shkreli himself and more about a quality conversation with good analysis about the inner workings of 'Hedge fund' world and market dynamics.
If you've a better source, share it; I'll have a look and might use that one in the future. Otherwise, if you can't contribute in a constructive manner, stop making baseless comments about others intention without understanding them first.
He has done more for wallstreet-to-mainstreet transparency than you believe.
His investor literacy youtube backlog is unusually deep and as of yet has only shilled his own trading product.
But your point is valid, he will never live down the fraud conviction and his face is so punchable.
You can still learn from thieves and crooks. Especially if they break down what they did and how they did it.
He's an absolute ghoul, and to see sibling comments praising him breaks my heart. Yeah, he "did his time", but he also took advantage of sick people for immense profit. You don't get a pass for that.
Like black hats getting cyber sec jobs, they probably know a thing or two.
If you’re gonna be a hater you at least gotta do it right! The pricing and the securities fraud were two separate things you can count against him.
He is one of the few folks in finance who regularly streams and is directionally interesting. He served his time.
I don't think those two cases are related
he's a relatively well known figure in finance and pharma investing
He has served his time for those crimes
Because he’s an expert.
Edit: I don't do podcasts but this is absolutely worth some of your time to watch.
seems like someone who is knowledgeable about financial shenanigans
Can you provide a comparable or superior analysis by someone else?
I really don't like this guy, seriously he's a shark (he's probably right, but what a jerk): "If you know somebody has to liquidate, the best thing you have to do, unfortunately, sadly, Darwinian is to go sell all the positions you have in common, then start shorting everything they have. It accelerates the downfall as quickly as you can." of course then he says 'It's nothing I would ever do...'