r/wallstreetbets • u/ihasanemail I am a huge prick. Welcome to r/wallstreetbets • 1d ago

Discussion -$596,000 today after tariff announcement. Purely coincidental the Wendy's app is hooking me up with a $1 JBC for dinner.

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u/Tommwith2ms 1d ago

It will never cease to amaze me when people have enough money to never work again and have a great quality of life yet here they still are playing the game I hate

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u/spydormunkay 1d ago

This person isn’t playing the game, at least not the one you’re playing. OP is invested in index funds that’s slightly weighted towards tech. He “only” lost 12% meanwhile WSB gamblers are currently losing their entire portfolios.

People who are rich still need to be invested in order to stay rich, otherwise inflation gets them.