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An Oculus executive secretly intercepted Luckey's invitation to ring the NYSE bell
“Back in the Oculus days, when we sold the company to Meta, one of the first things that happened was New York Stock Exchange emailed our contact info, email, and they asked if I would come and ring the bell of the New York Stock Exchange.
Sounds pretty cool, r…”
Tuchman: An IPO opening structure dictates how a stock trades forever
“The way a stock opens, if it's built correctly, is going to purport the way it trades forever. Now it doesn't guarantee it's going up, but it will have structure and foundation.”
Tuchman: Avoided buying individual stocks until recently to prevent trading conflicts
“I did not ever buy a share of stock until recently. I went through most of my career because I'm a registered trader, a broker on the floor. And I'm not allowed to be in a stock for a customer and for myself in a 30 day period.”
Brokerage Ticker Tapes Ran Hours Behind During The 1929 Market Crash
“The reason they had all come down there was because when they were up at the brokerages, they couldn't even find out what was happening to their stocks. Cause everything was out of talk about time and technology. They didn't know what You know, the stops on th…”
Winston Churchill Dined With Wall Street Bankers During 1929 Market Crash
“Churchill happened to be in New York literally the week that the crash was taking place. He'd actually been down on the stock exchange and it was a big dinner that was taking place the night of the crash with every major banker and frankly, every major charact…”