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kimbutgar

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4. I worked from 1978 to 2013 in the industry also

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 07:04 PM

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I couldn’t image doing it anymore. And I met a lot of pricks! Howard Lutnick for one. Don’t miss getting up early but the money was good and I was able to buy a house and still have a nice 401k that I haven’t had to touch.

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if you bought space x after the first few minutes of the IPO your down money [View all] moonshinegnomie Monday OP

I will buy at $65 bucolic_frolic Monday #1

If I did any trades with SpaceX it would be shorting the stock ! kimbutgar Monday #2

ive gotten smoked shorting tesla many times moonshinegnomie Monday #3

I worked from 1978 to 2013 in the industry also kimbutgar Monday #4

I left the floor in 2006 moonshinegnomie Monday #5

Unless you bought right away it at $150 Polybius Monday #6

i bought the IPO moonshinegnomie Monday #7