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Michael Saylor

dryflower
in Other Investing
I'm interested to hear everyone's opinion on whether Michael Saylor is a serious person or a shyster.

Personally, I feel very strongly both ways.

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  • Old_JoeOld_Joe
    You mean a serious shyster?
  • dryflower
    I'm certain that he is seriously intelligent.
  • rforno
    edited 3:33PM
    Old_Joe said:

    You mean a serious shyster?

    IMO he's a totally reckless and arrogant dude and horrible CEO. I wouldn't touch anything he's involved in.
  • Sven
    There is something just not right about Saylor, smoke and screens perhaps?

    Saylor established the Saylor Academy (saylor.org), a nonprofit providing free online education to over 2 million students worldwide.

    In 2024, he settled a $40 million tax fraud lawsuit that is related to falsifying the state where he operates to other lower tax states.
  • dryflower

    IMO he's a totally reckless and arrogant dude and horrible CEO. I wouldn't touch anything he's involved in.


    I'm afraid you may be right.

    I'm tempted by the preferred issue STRC, paying 11.5%, supposedly engineered to keep the share price between $99 - $100

    but then I see that the preferred etf, PFFA pays almost 10% with broad diversification and none of the iffy-ness.

  • rforno
    dryflower said:


    IMO he's a totally reckless and arrogant dude and horrible CEO. I wouldn't touch anything he's involved in.

    I'm afraid you may be right.

    I'm tempted by the preferred issue STRC, paying 11.5%, supposedly engineered to keep the share price between $99 - $100

    but then I see that the preferred etf, PFFA pays almost 10% with broad diversification and none of the iffy-ness.



    Those STRC preferreds look tasty but imo they're a giant ponzi scheme he uses so he can lever up the company further buy purchasing even more bitcoin. Reckless investment vehicles with tantalizing yields.
  • masterd
    I wouldn’t give him a nickel. Total crook.
  • Old_JoeOld_Joe
    edited 5:59PM
    Seems to me to meet the specifications for "serious shyster"...

    And a primary qualification for the current administration.
  • DrVenture
    dryflower said:



    I'm tempted by the preferred issue STRC, paying 11.5%, supposedly engineered to keep the share price between $99 - $100

    but then I see that the preferred etf, PFFA pays almost 10% with broad diversification and none of the iffy-ness.

    11.5% and the share price is "engineered" to stay steady?

    I immediately think "too good to be true". Might work for a while, I'd want to be first out the door.
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