Oxy and Anadarko: how the ‘dumbest deal in history’ paid off for Vicki Hollub

When Vicki Hollub flew Occidental Petroleum’s Gulfstream V jet to Omaha for a meeting with billionaire investor Warren Buffett in April 2019, she needed cash to place a bet. The $10bn cheque with whic...

You’ll Never Believe the “Dumbest” Stock Warren Buffett Ever Bought

Business magnate Warren Buffett has long been hailed as one of the greatest value investors in modern America. Through decades of mergers and acquisitions, great investments and adhering to austere in...

These Candidates Pushed 2022’s Dumbest Conspiracy—Schoolkids Using Litter Boxes—And Many (But Not All) Lost Big

Topline Far-right candidates who promoted the thoroughly debunked theory that schools are providing litter boxes for students who identify as animals didn’t fare well Tuesday, with several key Trump-a...

Crypto Fan Mark Cuban Says Buying Land In The Metaverse Is ‘The Dumbest Sh*t Ever’

Crypto and the Metaverse are intertwined, with the latter likewise becoming an increasingly popular topic of discussion around the world. Governments and major corporations have shelled out stupid amo...

Buying Land in Metaverse is “Dumbest Sh*t Ever”, Says Billionaire Mark Cuban

Billionaire investor and owner of Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban may be a crypto fan and a Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) owner, but he sure is a big critic of metaverse land sales that is making the round...

Bill Gates: Crypto and NFTs are Based on “The Dumbest Theory”

Bill Gates has described the phenomenon of NFTs and cryptocurrencies as being “100% based on the biggest fool theory.” Billionaire businessman, founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates stated that NFTs and cr...

Redbox is the dumbest meme stock yet — Quartz

Just outside the doors of my local CVS, along an industrial road in Ann Arbor, Michigan, there’s a Redbox. I only ever notice its red glow on dark Michigan nights when I walk into the convenience stor...

‘Single Dumbest Thing They Could Do’—‘SPAC King’ Issues Stark Visa And Mastercard Crypto Warning As The Price Of Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, XRP, Solana And Cardano Surge

Visa V and Mastercard MA , two of the world’s biggest payment processors, have come under pressure from bitcoin, ethereum and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects over the last year—with Tesla ...