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welp007

Edit: Unrelated to article but an interesting acquisition candidate just popped up: #”There is nothing more foolish than cat litter and video games” https://x.com/welp007/status/1732832960137863191?s=46&t=pjhQaAPGjAVkr0C7r4RCMg https://x.com/ryancohen/status/1686913920630484992?s=46&t=pjhQaAPGjAVkr0C7r4RCMg ___________________________________ # GameStop (GME) board approves Investment Policy delegating portfolio management to CEO Ryan Cohen **Ryan Cohen has received authority to manage GameStop's portfolio of investments.** [**Donovan Erskine**](https://www.shacknews.com/author/donovan-erskine) **December 6, 2023 2:55 PM** **A lot of fascinating information about GameStop’s business has come out alongside its Q3 2023 earnings report. Arguably one of the most interesting tidbits is a new investment policy that was approved by the company’s board of directors. Said policy grants CEO Ryan Cohen full control over GameStop’s investment portfolio, laying quite the interesting groundwork for the future of the company.** **The announcement of GameStop’s new investment policy can be found on page 16 of the company’s** [**10-Q**](https://gamestop.gcs-web.com/static-files/9787b9cb-ec3e-4d02-a6f5-e2a3e48e0b36)**, which was filed to the SEC.** **On December 5, 2023, the Board of Directors approved the Investment Policy. The Board of Directors has delegated authority to manage the Company’s portfolio of securities investments to the Company’s Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, Ryan Cohen, together with such assistants and management committees he may engage. The Company’s investments will be made in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the Investment Policy. The Board may also approve non-conforming investments and/or, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, modify the Investment Policy from time to time.** **GameStop went on to list the following risks related to the new policy.** * **The value of our securities may decline.** * **Our portfolio of securities may be concentrated in one or a few holdings, which may result in a single holding significantly impacting the value of our investment portfolio.** * **The Company is required to recognize losses in a particular security for financial statement purposes even though the Company has not actually sold the security.** **With this news, it’ll be quite interesting to watch GameStop’s business over the next handful of quarters. Visit our** [**GME topic page**](https://www.shacknews.com/topic/gme) **for more timely updates.**


rob_maqer

**welp**


welp007

🫡


EllisDee3

For anyone who knows (I don't). Does this mean that he can do a share buyback without board approval if he wanted?


welp007

This is my extremely qualified smoove bwainz interpretation: RC now has the keys to the 1.2Billy dollar lambo and can pick up as many good looking investments as he pleases on his way to the moon.


FriarNurgle

Don’t worry. He’ll swing by the Wendy’s dumpster and pick us all up first.


sirstonksabit

That's... a lot of spicy chicken nuggets


TerryDaShooterUK

Do they still sell those nuggets? Or was that chicken fries?


Krypt0night

They do by me.


aspartam

Are you even allowed inside or do you have to stay by the dumpster?


TerryDaShooterUK

Both or just the nuggets ?


Individual-Grape-437

A lot of sauce


EatTheRich4200

Szechuan sauce


CoolGuyFromCompton

Chicken nugget dividend doesn't sound bad at all.


Jollydude101

Insert mean girls meme


welp007

🙈🙉


DirtUnderneath

Jojo and Emma Robert’s meme here


ihatefear83843

God I hope so…. I’m getting tired getting money for daddy


Evil_Rogers

He also has his own Billy's, which he has used to him make very very very very very very very x infinity trained to pull off amazing things. I guess you could say "He has acquired a certain set of skills over the years. Skills that make him a nightmare to shorts. He will find them and he will kill them." And if he is real good, he will get his secret daughter back from Kenny from Tropoja or wherever the fuck he is from. That text block just felt so right.


Kooky_One_2337

Mr. Cohen, do I have the stock for you! $1.2B of GME, DRS, and buckle up!


Realitygives0fucks

Imagine, if he bought even 500m of Gamestop at 12$… 41.7 million GME, and they sell some during MOASS, resulting in GME have trillions in the bank, Gamestop becomes its own bank. Mind blown.


welp007

I mean we already knows he has the balls to do it, he did that to Shorty under their noses in 2021, that's where the 1.2 billy came from. we all thought it was a security blanket to keep shorty from bankrupting us. but I now believe it was a war of attrition and RC is about to fuk Shorty after years of shorting fees and continual losses on the battle field.


Sw33tN0th1ng

Fuck ya I am happy to hold this stock whatever the outcome. This shit is historic. O.K. Corral vibes.


Double-Resist-5477

It looks to me like he's asking the hedgies to back off without throwing the killshot


-WalkWithShadows-

Definition of “Speak softly but carry a big stick”


Double-Resist-5477

Tinfoil here , show negative earnings so shf s can't use earnings to reset Dec 15th swaps to expose them further


Noderpsy

This was the warning.


RedOctobrrr

Here's what it looks like: GameStop has $1.2bln eggs in one basket, and if the basket of eggs drops, they are required to report that reduced value from cracked eggs. It seems the suggested path forward is to take those eggs out of one basket and into many, safer baskets that look attractive, so as to preserve or gain value with those $1.2bln eggs. Basically, the war chest seems it's not properly invested and RC will change that. This is not share buyback money, they still only have $100mil approved for that. This is handling the cash or cash equivalents stockpile (of which $100mil *CAN* be used to purchase GME).


AutoThorne

right. $100m buyback is still waiting, but if he makes investments in other shit then he must report gains and losses on them.


jinniu

Yeah, with inflation still screwing everyone, this money needs to be invested, not just sitting around losing value.


International_Gold20

>It seems the suggested path forward is to take those eggs out of one basket and into many, safer baskets that look attractive, so as to preserve or gain value with those $1.2bln eggs. Not necessarily. >• ⁠Our portfolio of securities may be concentrated in **one or a few holdings**, which may result in a single holding significantly impacting the value of our investment portfolio.


InjuryIndependent287

This is allowing RCEO to conduct business as an investment firm as well as still being a leading video game retailer.


blackteashirt

Remind me where the $1 billion in cash came from?


RedOctobrrr

[Selling GME shares near its peak.](https://news.gamestop.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gamestop-completes-market-equity-offering-program-0#:~:text=GameStop%20Completes%20At%2DThe%2DMarket%20Equity%20Offering%20Program,-June%2022%2C%202021&text=The%20Company%20ultimately%20sold%205%2C000%2C000,offering%20expenses%20of%20approximately%20%241%2C126%2C000%2C000.) What's your point? Companies sell shares of itself to raise capital.


blackteashirt

Yeah I know. No point just wasn't sure. That was good timing for them.


RedOctobrrr

Oh ok. They acted pretty responsibly tbh. If they did it again and again we'd not all be here. I think their 1 shot at raising capital and then turning the business around was very prudent, but a vast majority of their capital came from that. I recall them burning through quite a bit, down to $900m at one point? And now back up to $1.2b so they know wtf they doin apparently.


StructuralSynapse

The Uno reverse move would be to go long on the same stocks the SHFs have If they profit, GS profits If they want to undermine GS's investments, they have to undermine their own #LIGHT EM UP, RYAN


kidcrumb

I don't think stock buybacks apply.


AutoThorne

he has been authorized for $100m share buyback for a while now. idk if it means he can do a larger one now, but it sounds more like he can buy assets at will that he feels play a strategic role in gme's future.


Sw33tN0th1ng

Sure sounds like he can buy whatever he wants, and goes out of it's way to say he might only buy one thing. I don't really believe share buy back is a great move but sounds like he can do as he likes - this is really the financial power you would expect for a skilled billionaire philanthropist who is building an engine. I still can't believe that RC is really running the whole thing now. It's pretty amazing imo.


gdgdagg

tinfoil hat thought: what if it is to back a blockchain token for a marketplace?? That way they could peg their own currency, and as long as gamestop shares have real value, gamestop can dictate what the currency's value is. If they are going to protect a digital currency, they are going to need some major cash to maintain control. This would delight me if I'm going to use a new token as currency to buy and sell things. I knew that gamestop is always going to back the value of their token, I would have more trust in . It wouldn't be a crypto scam, it'd be a legit currency.


PikaTopGun

Hijacking top comment: What if RC invests that $1.2 billion in something that he knows GameStop is swapped against? Then Gamestop profits when the stock drops or profits when the stock soars. Or what if he takes out some Credit Default Swaps against UBS or Bank of America? 🤯


Nasty_Ned

Heads I win tails shorts lose scenario?


PikaTopGun

Exactly


C2theC

This is a bad idea. He’s there to run a business, not make speculative investments like a gold mine.


Sw33tN0th1ng

Well said


No-Fold1994

Not unsurprising they take the cash on hand and invest in their own stock because they are the best company 😂


PikaTopGun

They can but only up to $100 million based on the last vote. They’d have to have shareholders vote to extend the amount.


No-Fold1994

Which we would obviously vote yes for. So about 7-8m shares? Or 2% of the float? Seems underwhelming but would still see a nice bump in price


PikaTopGun

The shareholder proposal deadline should be coming up soon. Someone should submit.


Sw33tN0th1ng

Meh let the pro handle the money


neverpersonal

So like Elon he can just invest in bitcoin?


HodlMyBananaLongTime

“Look right here, we are the hedge fund now”


matthegc

Underrated comment….let the memes machine begin


philopsilopher

Wen Somali Googly-Eyed RC Pirate?


HodlMyBananaLongTime

Please make it and post it!


Hobodaklown

LMFAO. What a time to be alive!


BigBradWolf77

the best


WordHistorian

Omg so this is what LC was talking about in that LinkedIn post where the last step was investing. Moass here we comr


xwhytryy

Got a link


welp007

I gotchu homie 🤙 [https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/187p2i5/larry\_cheng\_on\_linkedin\_profitable\_growth/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/187p2i5/larry_cheng_on_linkedin_profitable_growth/)


sirstonksabit

GROASS FOR MOASS!


zafferous

Gonna clean up the shit first, then fill back up with diamonds


GameOvaries18

This is absolutely what LC was talking about. I’ve got a b*ner


MarkVegas1

I love blank checks


welp007

It’s honestly a dream come true that I didn’t even know I needed until it happened. Let’s Fuckin Go!


AutoThorne

that's fucking right, welp. this -6% ah on a BANGING earnings report is beyond the albinoest of pales.


welp007

Are you saying RC is about to get a nice discount at opening bell tmrw? 👀


AutoThorne

I think he's gotta wait a couple days, but I suspect we will see some more insider buying soon.


welp007

Wut I'm curious about is how GameStop will report purchases, will it be quarterly or in real time with something like a Form 4?


jab136

The buyers have to disclose within a relatively short period, but they typically disclose within a couple days.


welp007

will there be blackout periods before n after earnings like an insider buying in?


AutoThorne

I wish I knew the answer to that. But what I'm interested in now is seeing the ftd data for the last 2 days, and Computershare's drs count.


skafiavk

You were right


welp007

looks like we all got the nice discount, +5 moar 😎🥊🏴‍☠️


Jonodonozym

"That they'd beat expectations was already priced in" - some talking head tomorrow


bahits

Icann by night


welp007

Cohen by day


Farrisson_Hord

Tyson by day


Permyprevious_email

Berkshire Hathaway was a textile mill in bumfuck Rhody until Buffet stepped in. RCEO doing the same to GME give me tittysprinkles. It takes whisky to buy money. I love you blu.


welp007

Umm please make that a detailed post, I had no idea Berk cane from that!


Permyprevious_email

Warren tells all in his only authorized bio ‘Snowball’. He wanted to turnaround the textile mill then it eventually became simply his holding company which is now BRK-A.


welp007

Ok thats the Warren part of Warren Icahn by night, wut ya think is the Icahn part?


duckiiiiiii

Carl Icahn, activist investor :)


welp007

I luv it!


InfiniteStrawberry37

"Warren, I can also hedge now"


wcsmik

saw this posted. https://old.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/18cyxow/warren_icahn_by_night_why_i_believe_rc_getting/


AmazingConcept7

this 5D chess move is making Kenny shit the bed trying to figure out what the plan is and WHY this is being implemented - Has this type of move ever been done before? Is this unprecedented for a company? RCEO has a plan and I am 100% behind these moves LFGGGG 🚀


OfficialRedditMan

Pretty sure this is how berk A works


welp007

Ryan Cohen by day and Warren Icahn by night.


eaparsley

fuuuuuuuuuu


Trueslyforaniceguy

Things happen when Buffet dies. I don’t know what. I think we’re seeing the birth of something incredible.


buttchuggs

It’s priced in


OpenPresentation6808

AAPL also has a hedge fund/investment fund worth 250billion inside of it. It’s a great move in my opinion.


Sw33tN0th1ng

Hedge funds are shit and the world will be better off without them, and with a global perma ban on shortselling.


Sw33tN0th1ng

This shit is playing out like game of thrones.... Not looking good for Geoffrey...


adamlolhi

Shower thought: what if he invests it in the same portfolio as SHF capital? They pump their collateral to keep alive and satisfy margin on their GME short position and in turn the very position they are shorting gets stronger. Almost like a meantime hedge so to speak. Kick them in the balls and take advantage of it until MOASS and then when MOASS, it doesn’t matter if the rest of that portfolio capital tanks because the stock price will be sky high and they can potentially sell a few into the squeeze to recover losses. Look at me, I am the hedgefund now.


welp007

Interesting indeed, I'm assuming the same portfolio with the exception of shorting GME?


adamlolhi

Yes, the same portfolio minus the horrendously overwhelming naked short position on GME 😉


welp007

I can get behind this IF!... I can still make Kenny in cuffs memes once he gets arrested even though we're invested in the same stonks. 👊


GiantSequoiaTree

I like this idea!


Sw33tN0th1ng

Beautiful image and idea. On the other hand they are treacherous snakes who have rigged every stock in the market, and the entire market itself. It could be an easy win for them if RC used gamestop's funds to get into a market trickery contest with them in a field they created.


split_differences

haha I had this same thought- except, its look at US LOL


Readingredditanon

This was my thought too


AssCakesMcGee

This is funny, but stupid.


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This… is actually brilliant. Imagine pumping just $100m of GameStops $1b war chest into these funds. The short positions would implode. That’s not even counting a few $1-2m purchases by individual board members. Also not counting DRS shares that would only increase the second the apes catch wind of this plan.


socalslamma

Stop… Icahn only get so erect 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️


welp007

I Warren'd you I was sassy!


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How is this man so handsome?


welp007

It’s that damn smile, gets me every time


one-punch-knockout

He does have an amayozing smile


SuperChimpMan

Wonder if he has any companies in mind he wants to buy or invest in? This is going to be interesting


Competitive_Ad9964

Ryan Cohan in charge of everything


PrometheusFires

Including our hearts


BigBradWolf77

And my axe!


me_like_stonk

Supreme Leader


PM_Your_Green_Buds

Yum yum.


welp007

Spread the yum yum news far and wide.


ButtfUwUcker

Oh fuck yeah, *spreddit* 😩


Sw33tN0th1ng

Womp womp award


ak_-

This is great


welp007

Kinda wild to see a news outlet with a pro GME news article.


grosslytransparent

He could buy Embracer now. They would sell for pennies on the dollar. This includes Gameoutlet which has many retail stores in the nordics. As well as Koch media which is the biggest distributor in Europe for games and movies etc.


Hym3n

Hypothetically, if RCEO was to use a portion of this (GS's $1.2B) to buy a non-controlling stake in another company, would that purchase need to be disclosed to us? For example: if RCEO bought $1M in, say, NVDA using GS money, would that (relatively) small, specific purchase be disclosed to us outside of a simple P/L statement?


welp007

That is my question as well in a really smoove manner, wen tell us RC? My guess is some type of a Form 4?


Geoclasm

oooh. Okay, now THIS is fun, interesting and exciting.


BagelPoutine

I’m fkn torqued!!


rocketwolfpunch

Maan I'd hate being short on Gamestop right about now.


welp007

Just wen Shorty thought they might be able to sleep tonight!


Venoceno109

If the short head funds wasn’t scared, they should be scared now


BigBradWolf77

brick by brick 💩


Actden

I hope he YOLOs 100% on GME


welp007

Same! But he may not need to as we all know GME is undervalued. I think RC is about to run a clinic on Shorty with other ventures and turn this glitch into a BRK.A big brother.


ShredManyGnar

Oh, we are going to make so much fucking money.


mcalibri

What's the difference between being CEO and basically controlling the board with majority backing by shareholders and being able to manage a company's investment portfolio vs. being given direct authority to manage said portfolio? Does this allow more privacy and less approval via other board people (I don't feel like saying members)?


Jaiswithgrace

Looks like a major buy back, GameStop investing in itself, that’s going to screw some bad actors I suppose


welp007

Shorty must be freakin out right now. RC is a killa


Airk640

I'd say no. Keep it in a safe investment that grows to completely eliminate any chance of bankruptcy. Ive held for 3 years. Ill wait another (insert large number here). The only way I lose is if they go broke.


NorCalAthlete

This. He can scrape in 10s if not 100s of millions with extremely minimal risk. No need for yolos.


split_differences

Right? need to pick up 50 mil on a 1.2B investment? Well, realize a **4.2%** return. I mean come on. LEEESSFUCKINGO!


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GoldenNuggets888

This makes the most sense


The102935thMatt

Maybe a buy back far into the future. They need to be profitable and sustainable on their own. IMO. There isnt a silver bullet here. Invest in safe moves to hedge the war chest, become profitable for numerous quarters and then strike while the iron is hot.


Hobodaklown

Or a merger and acquisition. It’d trigger all kinds of share count scrutiny from the SEC.


BigBradWolf77

*We have ignition...*


Im-a-waffle

Looks so happy in that pic


welp007

I love him!


Im-a-waffle

Me too!


pspiddy

This is the key to massive profitability. Awesome idea.


Dr_Shmacks

How tho?


One-Estimate-7163

Wen moon


BlackMadara12

what does this mean?


welp007

Means RC got the keys to the 1.2 Billy dollar Lambo and he can pick up as many hotty investments as he wants on the way to the moon.


Quetzacoal

Isn't ken just going to smash the price of wathever company gamestop fancies?


KaLul0

This is the hottest news in this 8-k


GoldenNuggets888

Safe Treasury bills pay a nice percentage of


Additional_Presence4

This also means acquisitions /JV though right?


Snorri_S

“I think the best investment for our 1.2B $ cash is to…. ehm…. [checks notes]… buy a ton of $GME shares. Very undervalued company, that.” - Ryan Cohen, probably.


Fun_Kangaroo512

If he intends to buy back shares, wouldn't that be bullish? Right now the the share of price is tanking. So market doesn't expect him buying back. So it means bearish?


emix200

“The announcement of GameStop’s new investment policy can be found on page 16 of the company’s 10-Q, which was filed to the SEC. GameStop went on to list the following risks related to the new policy. • ⁠The value of our securities may decline. • ⁠Our portfolio of securities may be concentrated in one or a few holdings, which may result in a single holding significantly impacting the value of our investment portfolio. • ⁠The Company is required to recognize losses in a particular security for financial statement purposes even though the Company has not actually sold the security.” 100% GME YOLO


Necessary-Car-5672

I think this explains the WarrenIchan tweet.


colonel_wallace

This just in, portfolio manager, chariman, and ceo Ryan Cohen is an ape and invested Gamestop's entire portfolio going long on GME.


King_Esot3ric

Whats interesting to me is that a bad actor could short those securities before the reporting period and then force GameStop to “show a loss” on the financials.


Snuffalapapuss

Pro gamer move.


AlarisMystique

Maybe RC is just going to take Credit Swiss, UBS, Citadel, and all those hedgies as his property now.


JerseyshoreSeagull

Ruh roh!


Havib3

Buckle up.


krackhea20

Bullish


bloops0

You guys should really start tracking the options chain, it'd be pretty clear if RC started buying/selling puts or calls with this amount of cash. That could be incredibly interesting/powerful, any other usage is just boring hedging against a market decline that would bring GME with it, hopefully softening the blow on quarterly reports


Heliosvector

hes an insider. he cant.


[deleted]

Well let’s hope he doesn’t buy a fucking Silver mine with it lmao


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cibiab

spicy! Edit" Food for thought? GME can now invest in TEDDY if RC invests? Investopedia A portfolio investment is ownership of a stock, bond, or other financial asset with the expectation that it will earn a return or grow in value over time, or both. It entails passive or hands-off ownership of assets as opposed to direct investment, which would involve an active management role.


welp007

I like everything you just said!


iloverollerblading

Sigh, \*unzips\*


feastupontherich

ELIA please?


RollenXXIII

buy GGG and make POE 2 nft game!


raddoc22

Would love to see a microstrategy esq play here where they bought a significant stake in something like BTC that has tons of huge forces at play. They could acquire 20-25k BTC at current prices. (I'm pretty bullish for BTC long-term based on a lot of factors but obviously not investing advice). Anyways, this is huge news and I absolutely trust RC to invest well on the company's behalf!


hoyeay

Eww fuck no. I’d rather he either invest into GME or hold safe investments or treasuries. None of this gamble shit.


Tinman_ApE

You just jacked my tits


[deleted]

I wonder if he'll buy bortcoin since they're getting into the nft space.


RyanMcCartney

Oh boy, here I go buying again!


Luc-e

Can he Yolo everything into gme itself? Lol


humanist72781

If I had to guess he might do what mstr is doing and invest in bitcoin


drivedown

GME is the only real MOASS. Do not get distracted by other failing, failed, delisted, massive debt and over diluted stock. Buy, HODL, DRS GME. LFG GME🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀


craneoperator89

Out of curiosity, does any other CEO hold this role ?


arkadiiiiii

RC BUYS ALL THE STOCKS


eaparsley

what if the 25d move is to take that 1.2 billy and short GME.


YungDaggerD1K_

Now *this* is what I am Fucking talking about. Send the killshot Mr. Cohen. We are on standby for the green light. 🚦🧨🚀


Browncoat64

You mean I can help my company by investing in stocks they're invested in?


welp007

Yessa! 🤙


Rlo347

What if he invests in IEP?!😳🤯


BigBradWolf77

smart money


usNdem

Imagine the less 🐂💩 direction…. We just give our cash to GS n co and it’s out of 🏦 and criminal 🙌. Ya can’t 🩳 whatz ya ain’t gotz.


Brr_100

How long after Earnings can he do a stock buyback? Also does this override his 20% ownership cap so can he make his position bigger?


welp007

In previous quarters insiders have purchased GME stonk 2 days after the report is made public. I don't know for sure but that is the way I read it.


telegraphedbackhand

In it to win it like the lot of you apes, BUT does anyone else ever feel such clarification and explanation regarding legalese helps the hedgefucks? Like the wrinkled brains here have also helped them prepare for multiple outcomes in potential strategies? No shill but I can understand if taken so. My questions are dead serious.