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Tansy_Gold

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10. But it's all on paper, right?

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #9)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 09:07 PM

Apr 2023

Yesterday it was worth $X because that's what someone paid for it.

Today it's worth $X+y because that's what someone wants to pay for it.

If no one wants to buy it any more, then it ain't worth nothin'.

Right?

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STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Friday, 31 March 2023 [View all] Tansy_Gold Mar 2023 OP

Hope all dweller Mar 2023 #1

Thank you! Tansy_Gold Mar 2023 #2

You and your quotes were missed Warpy Mar 2023 #3

One of the reasons for the QFTD Tansy_Gold Mar 2023 #4

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Great Minds . . . . Tansy_Gold Mar 2023 #6

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Interesting . . . and Interestinger Tansy_Gold Mar 2023 #8

In the first Quarter of 2023, Apple added 1/2 TRILLION $ of market capitalization bucolic_frolic Apr 2023 #9

But it's all on paper, right? Tansy_Gold Apr 2023 #10