Stock superstars
Over the past year, many students began trading stocks and cryptocurrencies and making tendies. Aragon student Mot Le Foole, who had much more free time after not paying attention in government class, began trading stocks regularly and was successful. “My first trade was after I saw Hertz file for bankruptcy,” Le Foole said. “I immediately asked my parents for money to buy the stock but because they delayed a few hours, I only made 300% profit. Fortunately, I paper handed GameStop to make 800% returns, which is decent. Because of my world-class investing philosophy, I was admitted to Harvard, and I can afford two whole textbooks with my gains.” Executives of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CALSTRS) pension noticed students like Le Foole earning these large gains, so after analyzing their previous returns and realizing that their pension not only did worse than students but also the S&P 500 stock market index, CALSTRS hired recent gap ye...