Investors short a company. As the value drops, the value of the short increases. When the company goes bankrupt, the short play reaches full value, since it costs 0 to buy the shares. It also means that gain is unrealized and has permanent value until the short is exercised, which they never do because it's a taxable event.
Unrealized stock gains are companies that have been shorted into bankruptcy, so the value doesn't change.
They're making sure the real crazy people are primed up and ready to throw their lives away on Jan 6.
Just buy it for ten years. You're ultimately saving money and it'll give you more time to incubate your dream!
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