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by hinkley 1345 days ago
> you never tell anyone and you exploit it as fast and hard as possible

How do you tell someone you found a get rich quick scheme without telling them you found a get rich quick scheme? Conspicuous consumption. I’m not talking about your neighbors wondering what’s up, I’m talking about your industrial peers connecting the dots and stalking you to figure out what’s up.

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You are missing the point. The reason not to tell anyone is there is limited money to be made from arbitage. If someone else finds it they make the money instead of you.

Not telling people you struck gold might be great life advice, but other people knowing you are rich, in and of itself, wont affect the arbitarge opportunity.

> The reason not to tell anyone is there is limited money to be made from arbitage.

>> I’m talking about your industrial peers connecting the dots and stalking you to figure out what’s up.

I'm well aware. Perhaps you need to recalibrate your opinion of other people.

But I don't understand this:

> How do you tell someone you found a get rich quick scheme without telling them you found a get rich quick scheme?

Why even tell anyone at all? There's no need to buy anything physical, just save it up and spend it on a market ETF for example.