Twitter to the moon on a SpaceX rocket

Published: Tue 10 May 2022
Updated: Tue 22 November 2022
By steve

In Markets.

It’s a long way down from here

Musky Twitter

Matt Levine writes even more about Musk and Twitter. Whatever you think about Levine’s takes on the latest news, one has to admire his prolificacy (yes, it is a word, but I had to look it up). He comments on stuff which is baffling to everyone, which is why most commentators steer well clear of it. This:

Will a re-IPO’ed Musk Twitter just be sort of Musky enough, with Musk-fan retail shareholders and a Musk-aligned board of directors, that it can withstand any pressures on free speech?[2] “This is the town square, an important venue for public communication, so the richest man in the world must take it private” always struck me as a very weird argument, but “… and then take it public again almost immediately” adds some new complications.

is utterly wonderful, imho.

For what it’s worth, I think Musk is a psychopath, but I have to agree that if anyone can make Twitter’s stock price go to the moon, it’s him.

Wrap

Commodities sagged, bonds rallied, the USD was up a bit. Equities were subdued. Generally, a risk-neutral day.

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