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Qbert Annoyance

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I’m having a fantastic week so far, so I might as well piss and moan about something to even things out: early last week, I got stopped out of my QUBT short. I guess their “earnings” (they earn nothing) report wasn’t so awful, so it popped higher and I took a hit. Ever since then, it’s been falling every day, since people are realizing that pouring money into quantum computing companies with zero revenues and profits isn’t so sharp.

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