MASSIVE Stock Shorting Before Israel Attack
Stock shorting is a trading strategy where an investor essentially bets that the price of a stock will go down. Shorting is a way to profit from a decline in a stock's value. It's a bit like doing things in reverse compared to traditional investing. Keep in mind that shorting involves higher risk because if the stock price rises instead of falls, your potential losses are theoretically unlimited, as there's no upper limit to how much a stock can increase in value.
Why is this important? Because much of this information is public and we can actually see the levels at which stocks have been shorted at different points in time…like right before a major event.
Trading information has shown massive shorting of stocks right before events like the Vegas Shooting when 60 days prior to the event George Soros brought “PUTS” (another strategy of betting against a stock) on 1.35 Million MGM shares making $73M.
Also, right before 9/11…
Fast forward to 2023 and days before the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel, there was significant evidence of massive (you guessed it) short-selling in the stock market. Law professors Robert Jackson Jr from NYU and Joshua Mitts of Columbia conducted research revealing that the short-selling leading up to the attacks was exceptionally high, surpassing levels seen during other periods of crisis such as the Great Recession of 2008, the 2014 Israel-Gaza war, and the COVID pandemic.
The findings suggest that some traders had advance information about the impending attacks and profited from these tragic events. Specifically, short bets against Israeli securities on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange surged in the days preceding the attack, with notable instances like a significant increase in short positions in Bank Leumi, one of Israel's largest banks, resulting in a 23% decline in its share prices between October 4 and October 23.
This flies in the face of the initial Israeli narrative that the attacks were a result of a massive intelligence failure and the government had zero prior knowledge of Hamas’ plans. Did high-level officials in the government and/or Mossad have knowledge of these attacks and decide to trade based on the information?
It’s important to understand that you are being psyopped almost everyday. The powers-that-be are running operations to fuck with you and your money while they increase their power and wealth. This is why staying stoic in the face of market drops is critical.
These false flag events are two-fold because not only do mass tragedies result in more power and influence for the ruling class but they also always find a way to profit off of these events.
With another year in the rearview, we’re quickly entering a time where AI images and videos are becoming more lifelike, information is spreading even faster and heated presidential election is approaching. We need to be on guard. Stay calm, stick to your investment thesis and read the tea leaves.
This week for my premium subscribers, I’m going to highlight a strategy for managing our investments in 2024. As important as it is to make the right investments, it’s equally as important to learn how to allocate our portfolio. When designing a portfolio, we’re given a blank canvas. How much of our account should we put in each stock or fund? How do we make sure we’re not overextended in a position?
We’ve talked about the “barbell strategy” - now, we’re going to hone in on that concept and start to perfect the growth side of our barbell for the new year.
Let’s take a look…