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A small group of outsiders gamble on the market’s demise from "summary" of The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in) by Michael Lewis
A small group of outsiders, people whom the market had not yet touched, decided to place a bet on the market's collapse. They were not the usual suspects in this high-stakes game - not the big banks or the wealthy investors who seemed to control the financial world. These outsiders had a different perspective, a different approach to the game. While the rest of the market was riding high on the wave of optimism and prosperity, these outsiders saw cracks in the foundation. They saw the warning signs that others chose to ignore or dismiss. Instead of following the herd, they chose to go against the grain and take a gamble on the market's demise. It was a risky move, one that could easily backfire and leave them with nothing. But they believed in their analysis, in their gut feeling that somethi...
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