B.C. man sues RBC after earning then losing $415M on Tesla stocks

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/man-sues-over-tesla-stocks-1.7343048

17 Comments

  1. 01000101010110 on

    Dude. Cash out when you’re up 100 million maybe? Or like…10% of that amount? You’re taking fucking *loans* out against your position when you could just cash out and you know…not do that? Sounds like he was a r/wallstreetbets user that didn’t know what he was doing.

    And he wanted to turn that money into assets to generate “passive income”. My man, you’re up $450 million. The house always wins. Know when to take the fucking money – you would have already set your great great great grandchildren up to be wildly rich. That’s like selling a Point Grey mansion to invest in timeshare condos in Mexico.

  2. Yeah..wtf…dude get 88k to 5.5 mil and doesnt cash out at least part of it? Then it balloon to hundreds of millions and you don’t cash out to reinvest into less volitle markets? Just what? 

  3. CitySeekerTron on

    One way to not be that stupid is to sell 100M worth. That way, even if you lose you’re still 100M ahead.

    I’m happy to consult anybody with the power of my wisdom for a nominal fee.

  4. Repulsive_Sample_127 on

    So this dude could have put 450 million in spy and just lived off 20-30 million a year lmao what an idiot.

  5. Lots of people of bashing the guy, I did find this interesting

    >The claim says RBC advisers failed to understand and support DeVocht’s evolving wishes to “essentially retire” by liquidating his Tesla options and moving the wealth into secure investments that would generate passive income.

    I mean if you’re a person that has scant awareness of personal finance and your modest $88,000 peaks at ~$400 million, yes the rational person should have sold some and locked the gains, but I can’t even imagine what my emotional state would be under those circumstances. Exuberance would be an understatement.

    I think there’s a lot of information left unsaid especially RBC’s side of things. But I have some small sympathy for him.

  6. the_sound_of_a_cork on

    This guy is a hero over WSB. It’s not about the losses, but the friends he made along the way.

  7. Idiot bought calls every step of the way down without realizing he could park $200 million in safer investments, have a nice real estate portfolio, and STILL be left with $100 million in “fun money” to gamble away like a degen.

    Trying to shift the blame to RBC is hilarious

  8. FrankiesKnuckles on

    Crazy, I could see how he could have been receiving bad advice from the reps. They don’t give a shit but making commission. The RBC trading platform is also trash.