We're all Spartacus

[sbisson]

Conversations in Another Place have led to realise that if we're all Spartacus (or Brian, for that matter), then supply of Spartaci must have exceeded demand a long time ago. Which means that Spartaci are now a commodity. But after the current Spartaci bubble ends, there'll have to be a bust.

In which case, anyone for a Spartacus Futures Market?

But how do you short Spartacus, or sell Spartacus derivatives?

Comments

[quercus.livejournal.com]

Sell Spartacus !

[quercus.livejournal.com]

No! I'm selling Spartacus!

[marypcb.livejournal.com]

you short Spartacus by nailing him up and chopping off the legs of course! The legs then become derivatives to sell on...

[jrittenhouse.livejournal.com]

No, you use a short sword.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladius

[del-c.livejournal.com]

Is this some kind of a dot com thing? I never heard of a bubble caused by supply far outstripping demand.

[jiggery-pokery.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

[davesslave.livejournal.com]

This has me laughing! As somebody who used to work broker-to-broker, borrowing and lending stock to cover short positions, NEVER sell short.

OH, the horror stories I could tell about people who foolishly sold short!