I Gave My Goldfish $50,000 to Trade Stocks

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  • čas přidán 30. 03. 2022
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  • @mhammer3186
    @mhammer3186 Před 2 lety +45835

    I love how the investors went from smiles to looks of horror when the realized that he was talking about an actual fish.

    • @96Assassine
      @96Assassine Před 2 lety +2742

      11/10 Best pitch ever

    • @mhammer3186
      @mhammer3186 Před 2 lety +2782

      @@96Assassine I’m honestly surprised no one busted out laughing when he comes out that it’s based off a fish.

    • @supernovamimosa
      @supernovamimosa Před 2 lety +815

      so funny they were in disbelief

    • @Gurmudgin
      @Gurmudgin Před 2 lety +971

      @@mhammer3186 considering the OTHER things that have bought stocks (a dartboard, cats, other house pets, etc) it actually fits in?
      And yes, all of those went positive because it turns out hucking darts at stocks is actually more often than not a better play than actually trying to analyze it all.

    • @thomasw4422
      @thomasw4422 Před 2 lety +705

      They'd never accept that the movement of a fish gambles on stocks better than they do

  • @IsaacAllwood
    @IsaacAllwood Před 12 dny +186

    3:10 "He brought Altria over Boeing" guys I think the fish fucking KNEW

    • @fxwizard6421
      @fxwizard6421 Před 5 dny +6

      The fish foretold the future

    • @RobVil
      @RobVil Před dnem +1

      fuck i was coming here to say this because i remembered fredrick didnt choose boeing lmao

  • @colddekstar
    @colddekstar Před 7 dny +41

    Rest in Peace Fredrick
    By following your investment instructions I only lost $30k, my house, and my firstborn son

  • @lucienperrier1260
    @lucienperrier1260 Před 6 dny +31

    Rest in Peace, Fredrick. You will be missed.

  • @goateeguy11221122
    @goateeguy11221122 Před 2 lety +9776

    Massively over-tipping the pet shop employee with the money the goldfish made is the most chaotic good thing I've ever seen

  • @CarlosVillanueva-nv5xx
    @CarlosVillanueva-nv5xx Před 2 lety +9971

    The fact that a fish raised by a public threat gives better financial advice than a whole community speaks volumes

    • @spritepine5345
      @spritepine5345 Před 2 lety +528

      "raised by a public threat" i cant breathe holy shit

    • @Maribro4
      @Maribro4 Před 2 lety +4

      Well to be fair wallstreetbets is practically a giant stupid shitpost sub.
      And I love it for that

    • @quickfingers7062
      @quickfingers7062 Před 2 lety +121

      “Public threat” as Michael reeves omg I’m *wheezing* right now

    • @winkoc1ty
      @winkoc1ty Před rokem

      it’s true, he is a public threat
      he stepped on my fish, screamed in my face, then stole my boyfriend
      he stood on my spine as well and screamed “WHY WONT IT BREAK”

    • @randomlittleidot
      @randomlittleidot Před rokem +36

      the fish even made a 1000$ profit..

  • @boat02
    @boat02 Před 8 dny +33

    RIP Frederick. May Frederick continue to dispense excellent financial across the Rainbow Bridge, especially with my dog.

  • @NarrowEdgeTrading
    @NarrowEdgeTrading Před rokem +230

    What's actually funny is that it's a well-known fact that wall street analysts are no better at guessing good stocks than a completely random (fish) guessing scheme. In fact, most mutual fund managers underperform compared to the S&P 500

  • @juniper3955
    @juniper3955 Před 2 lety +4078

    The fact that the fish actually made money is incredible to me.

    • @charleshardesty1828
      @charleshardesty1828 Před 2 lety +78

      Right! I thought it was going to be who lost the least

    • @sexygarfield80
      @sexygarfield80 Před 2 lety +1

      🤥

    • @Brix098
      @Brix098 Před 2 lety +92

      Making money on the stock market isn't too hard, the fish made a thousand bucks just by investing in fractional stocks.

    • @Trialnerror
      @Trialnerror Před 2 lety +1

      This was done years ago with a monkey picking stocks. The monkey outperformed the top asset management companies in the world.

    • @cdubsb3831
      @cdubsb3831 Před 2 lety +49

      Its really not that hard. Random decision making is going to generally net some cash.

  • @Ididathing
    @Ididathing Před 2 lety +6953

    I hope you made a lot of stock bros very angry with this video

  • @babycomeonn
    @babycomeonn Před rokem +252

    Thank you so much for taking such good care of Fredrick. A lot of people go into owning a goldfish very misinformed. This sets a really good example for people looking to get in to the hobby. Goldfish do not belong in a bowl!

    • @RollerBaller
      @RollerBaller Před 2 měsíci +19

      Apparently they belong on the stock market

  • @TacticalNandu
    @TacticalNandu Před 13 dny +23

    Fredrick knew about the Boeing fiasco before anyone else

  • @ins0mn1a81
    @ins0mn1a81 Před 2 lety +9255

    Imagine being the sponsor talking to Michael like “so, how are you gonna use our money?” And he just goes “oh I’m gonna give it to my goldfish so he can invest in Wall Street with it”

    • @IceMan2019
      @IceMan2019 Před 2 lety +130

      That sounds like a plan anyone would invest in. Who wouldn't try send more money?

    • @bewuf8937
      @bewuf8937 Před 2 lety +9

      I play with knifes 🔪:))))

    • @Confron7a7ion7
      @Confron7a7ion7 Před 2 lety +16

      And somehow make money...

    • @Denielle-V
      @Denielle-V Před 2 lety +31

      "It's been six months since i quit youtube"
      **laughs in 2022**

    • @Joe_Mama.also_YTHandlessuckass
      @Joe_Mama.also_YTHandlessuckass Před 2 lety +8

      That's a very Michael interaction, they should've seen it coming

  • @wblade01
    @wblade01 Před 2 lety +6498

    Personally I want to say I enjoyed how natural Michael seemed when pitching the business idea and the people are still believing that fish and wsb are just actually terms for the programs he is pitching. The people's slow realization that he is talking about an actual fish and him having the balls to pitch it is out of this world LMFAO.

    • @vincenttai2474
      @vincenttai2474 Před 2 lety +413

      He essentially said a fish could do stocks better than them

    • @dogchaser520
      @dogchaser520 Před 2 lety +297

      The sad thing is that they didn't recognize how great this could be. It pitches a real financially valid idea: that picking stocks randomly and staying as diverse as possible actually works. Only way to improve the algo would probably be to make sure that it doesn't buy too many repeat stocks.

    • @MaxLennon
      @MaxLennon Před 2 lety +73

      @@dogchaser520 It "works" in the sense that you're owning mainly the market risk in your portfolio by not having any particular preference for a certain type of stock. So if the market does well, so do you. Portfolio managers with skill can outperform that type of strategy by choosing what types of risks they want to own (large vs. small companies, ones that have been trending down vs. upward, growth vs. value companies, etc.)

    • @dogchaser520
      @dogchaser520 Před 2 lety +42

      @@MaxLennon Definitely. But is it possible that random buying can outperform when you include portfolio manager's fees? This could be a very interesting way to invest. No fish required.

    • @artofgamingwarfare3658
      @artofgamingwarfare3658 Před 2 lety +18

      The trick is he just doesn't give a f*ck.

  • @j-rus5345
    @j-rus5345 Před rokem +470

    The inclusion of Ludwig in this was very welcome and he did a great job creating very entertaining chaos with Michael

  • @kachau24
    @kachau24 Před 6 dny +6

    RIP Fredrick. Legend

  • @chrisj4288
    @chrisj4288 Před 2 lety +3339

    "because I'm a programmer, and that's what we do."
    As a programmer, truer words have never been said.

    • @jazzy4830
      @jazzy4830 Před 2 lety +30

      It always annoyed me having to write codes that took far longer than personally manipulating data, it only saves time when the data sets get huge and calculations get very complicated, otherwise it can be the equivalent to building a robot in the morning to butter your toast for breakfast.

    • @rockmanshadow5454
      @rockmanshadow5454 Před 2 lety +1

      Amen

    • @numberyellow
      @numberyellow Před 2 lety +3

      My dad's a programmer... this shit is so true, it hurts, lol

    • @hh-jy8ff
      @hh-jy8ff Před 2 lety +2

      As a former programmer boasting a grade 12 cs competency I can agree with that

    • @shadoboi8963
      @shadoboi8963 Před 2 lety

      Dani uploads 4 month per vid so i think its true

  • @NoahSchollaert
    @NoahSchollaert Před 2 lety +3756

    Also incredibly funny that Michael literally just beat Internet Historian by like a day making that joke at the end 10x more funny

    • @DrChliin
      @DrChliin Před 2 lety +131

      beat him by just 8 hours!! He must have known somehow.. 😂

    • @callmesid5190
      @callmesid5190 Před 2 lety

      I literally made the comment on his page a minute ago

    • @nayber2352
      @nayber2352 Před 2 lety

      holy shit a michael reeves video and internet historian video in the same day, I'm cumming

    • @user-jc6yo1vn1r
      @user-jc6yo1vn1r Před 2 lety +17

      You sir Just informed me that internet historian made a video, you have my gratitude

    • @Tennosoul
      @Tennosoul Před 2 lety

      Not really one day cuz Micheal didn’t post videos for 11 month while internet historian 1 year

  • @jaxx7955
    @jaxx7955 Před 6 dny +5

    R.I.P to a real one, Fredrick you where the best goddamn stock trader the world has ever seen

  • @Xynic48
    @Xynic48 Před rokem +136

    The investors part became 10x funnier knowing it was actually real and not scripted according to michael in otv podcast 😂

    • @NinF37
      @NinF37 Před měsícem

      Where can I find that podcast? Like what episode?

  • @ProfLakitax
    @ProfLakitax Před 2 lety +5887

    I think it's insane that Michael had an 8 hour lead on the Internet Historian.

  • @strangejmaster
    @strangejmaster Před 2 lety +37579

    You think he just wakes up and is like, "I bet my fish could trade stocks". If anyone's wondering, this is exactly what Michael does

  • @whitewolfsounds2273
    @whitewolfsounds2273 Před 7 dny +6

    Rest in peace Frederick😭💔

  • @bobstyr675
    @bobstyr675 Před 7 dny +5

    RIP Fedrick! You were a great fish and trader and will never be forgotten!

  • @VEE3RDEYE
    @VEE3RDEYE Před 2 lety +53109

    The fact you remembered your script when pitching your business idea is actually brilliant

  • @SleepyGuard
    @SleepyGuard Před 2 lety +4807

    I can't believe you went and pitched this to an actual group of investors. Their faces as they slowly realized what you were talking about were priceless. I fucking love this channel. Never change.

    • @digitalpetor
      @digitalpetor Před 2 lety +215

      They are not investors. They are startup people trying to get some venture capital

    • @johnkimuelbello3453
      @johnkimuelbello3453 Před 2 lety +229

      you can see the exact moment when they start thinking "is he talking about actual fish?"

    • @MaxC_1
      @MaxC_1 Před 2 lety +121

      less like actual group of investors
      More like a bunch of rich kids with a bunch of startup kids mixed in

    • @distinguishedallureproduct879
      @distinguishedallureproduct879 Před 2 lety +16

      This is why I couldn't be rich, cause I would be all in just by the insane idea and pitch that just popped up on me 😂

    • @Vodoriga
      @Vodoriga Před 2 lety +57

      I cannot believe that nobody even smirked let alone put up a smile at the idea. People are so stuck up it seems.

  • @lionehh
    @lionehh Před 7 dny +6

    R.I.P Fredrick.

  • @reeeec
    @reeeec Před 7 dny +5

    We will miss you, the greatest stock trader of all time 😢.
    RIP Fredrick 💔

  • @PhantxmMachi
    @PhantxmMachi Před 2 lety +8964

    And here we see Michael emerging from the realms of video games to make his yearly video

  • @naqidoesps4860
    @naqidoesps4860 Před 6 měsíci +9

    The fact that a FISH is outperforming the NASDAQ is such good, unintentional social commentary

  • @fadedblade
    @fadedblade Před 6 dny +4

    RIP Frederick, he was a real one.

  • @CircleToonsHD
    @CircleToonsHD Před 2 lety +7183

    Next video: "An ant farm creates tunnel NFTS and sells them for millions"

  • @liluziintrovert
    @liluziintrovert Před 2 lety +1444

    Imagine you’re working at a pet shop, a short man comes into the store, hands you a thousand bucks and says Fredrick made it and walked out

    • @screeechbud
      @screeechbud Před 2 lety +48

      i'd remember who fredrick was probably. i'm a little disappointed this guy didn't remember him... but maybe he was new or having an off day. at least fredrick made it better.

    • @Endercurse
      @Endercurse Před 2 lety +22

      then his face is caught on camera for it and weeks later a friend of his shows him his own baffled face, shown to millions of people

  • @okamiboi
    @okamiboi Před 7 dny +3

    RIP Fredrick, the best finance advisor in the world 😢

  • @ComfyOwO
    @ComfyOwO Před 7 dny +6

    Rip Fredrick You Fucking Legend

  • @rehanalam1900
    @rehanalam1900 Před 2 lety +4509

    Michael is such a sigma that he turned his fish into passive income

    • @jacksonregan206
      @jacksonregan206 Před 2 lety +9

      @SnowyFilms seems like that’s a lie

    • @shadowpieee2322
      @shadowpieee2322 Před 2 lety +8

      @SnowyFilms cool comment but like 600 seconds of just wheeze is unreasonable even saying poopie at 1am at the sleepover only gets ppl laughing for like 5 minutes (maybe im just not funny tho idrk)
      edit: i love the youtube comment section we just bully a small child until they dont respond anymore and then we pretend to be the good ones for "pointing out your bs"

    • @JayGangster1
      @JayGangster1 Před 2 lety +1

      @SnowyFilms your face while writing this comment 😐

    • @loveblowsbad
      @loveblowsbad Před 2 lety

      @SnowyFilms x

    • @whalefall413
      @whalefall413 Před 2 lety +1

      @SnowyFilms lol i bet everyone clapped too

  • @puzzLEGO
    @puzzLEGO Před 2 lety +12881

    If a fish cost $10 and the single fish can make $1000 in 3 months, then in just a year you could make exactly $1 billion dollars by reinvesting profits back into more fishes

    • @davidsantiago7808
      @davidsantiago7808 Před 2 lety +1777

      but how do you know all the fish will be net positive?
      what if Fredrick is just a stock trading prodigy?

    • @Sseebbyy
      @Sseebbyy Před 2 lety +393

      Considering each fish needs their own capital to start it might turn out to be less fish than you'd expect, still a good start.

    • @emiliofermi9994
      @emiliofermi9994 Před 2 lety +28

      미국에서 물고기가 십달러 정도인가? 비싼건가, 싼건가...

    • @jonathanneri9659
      @jonathanneri9659 Před 2 lety +108

      this some roblox tycoon shit

    • @ethanlivingston2442
      @ethanlivingston2442 Před 2 lety +18

      @@emiliofermi9994 I would say it's cheap but I also don't have fish

  • @texoport
    @texoport Před 7 dny +5

    RIP Fredrick

  • @pokechumaster9849
    @pokechumaster9849 Před 7 dny +6

    I watched this vid for the first time and learned later that Fredrick went to heaven.

  • @AltF4MyLife
    @AltF4MyLife Před 2 lety +3355

    i love how it goes from saying its been “6 months” to “7 months” then finally “8 months” when in reality its been 11 months

    • @itzthespartan
      @itzthespartan Před 2 lety +65

      I guess it takes a long ass time to make these videos

    • @xroxannex3591
      @xroxannex3591 Před 2 lety +51

      @@itzthespartan procrastinates for 6 months until he did something

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      @fatihdemirbilek54 Před 2 lety

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    • @obsidian_oki
      @obsidian_oki Před 2 lety +8

      @THIS will no

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      @yourfriend4147 Před 2 lety

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  • @OmniPieTV
    @OmniPieTV Před 2 lety +8900

    Happy Michael upload day everyone! See y’all next year.

  • @seeonaga1524
    @seeonaga1524 Před 8 dny +3

    I just heard the news. Rest in peace Frederick. You were an amazing stock Trader and an even better fish❤❤️😭🕊🕊

  • @StepWiseCube646
    @StepWiseCube646 Před 7 dny +3

    rip fredrick, the best stock trading fish in the world

  • @thejesuschrist
    @thejesuschrist Před 2 lety +1433

    I'm so glad I died 2000 years ago before all this shit started.

  • @ChengTeoh
    @ChengTeoh Před 2 lety +24519

    Give Fredrick a few years and I bet he could've made enough money for an aquarium the size of a mansion.

    • @shadoboi8963
      @shadoboi8963 Před 2 lety +429

      Give a few centeries he might buy one of the seven seas.

    • @MistaSkele
      @MistaSkele Před 2 lety +162

      @@shadoboi8963 Nah bro. He'll own the whole god damn world.

    • @daffakianandra147
      @daffakianandra147 Před 2 lety +74

      @@shadoboi8963 give him a Millenium an he will own all 7 of the seas

    • @shashankgm2533
      @shashankgm2533 Před 2 lety

      But wouldn't he be dead

    • @lolt_5386
      @lolt_5386 Před 2 lety +19

      yeah but he wont post for those years that hes waiting again

  • @boccbocc7135
    @boccbocc7135 Před 3 dny +4

    Rest in peace Fredrick

  • @garrettgoss2691
    @garrettgoss2691 Před rokem +26

    Goes from using unpaid fish labor to giving him that penthouse suite at the end. All hail Fredrick

  • @Jachael123
    @Jachael123 Před 2 lety +4493

    That 11 month wait was definitely worth it

  • @pabloarduino2687
    @pabloarduino2687 Před 2 lety +2465

    The faces of those guys realizing randomness is more effective that "market analysis" is priceless. Fredrick is the most efficient RNG out there...

    • @justas423
      @justas423 Před 2 lety +113

      controlled randomness seems to be the most effective business strategy in general.

    • @jackmcfadden-finlayson372
      @jackmcfadden-finlayson372 Před 2 lety +59

      @@justas423 works for genetics and evolution after all.

    • @mmaaxxkk5177
      @mmaaxxkk5177 Před 2 lety +14

      more like, e-fish-ent hehe heh haha heeaa...
      ill see myself out...

    • @cervod2529
      @cervod2529 Před 2 lety +7

      @@jackmcfadden-finlayson372 and machine learning too in most cases, maybe Mother Nature still has some knowledge for us afterall

    • @NaughtyBlastoise
      @NaughtyBlastoise Před 2 lety +4

      What I want to know is who chose Fredrick's options 🤔

  • @justanotherbystander7688

    RIP Fredrick.

  • @bengig3169
    @bengig3169 Před 4 dny +2

    Rest In Peace Fredrick 😢 🫡
    You were a real one.

  • @SmusaGames
    @SmusaGames Před 2 lety +4777

    So if Michael made $1007.57 with a one gold fish... I could make MILLIONS OF $ WITH JUST A THOUSAND GOLDFISHES

    • @duck1sgood
      @duck1sgood Před 2 lety +230

      the math works out. Cant argue with that

    • @AAAAAA-qs1bv
      @AAAAAA-qs1bv Před 2 lety +138

      No, Fredrick is just special.

    • @softchocolatemousse4708
      @softchocolatemousse4708 Před 2 lety +8

      Gotta teach Kiffoun how to make big bucks in stocks for you :D

    • @kenkio15
      @kenkio15 Před 2 lety +10

      Well it's not really the amount of fishes but the money you invest, unless you have the same amount to trade with thousands of fishes it not a good idea... Actually it's not even a good idea a all, for that matter just put more money in that one fish account

    • @kio_games
      @kio_games Před 2 lety +4

      Urob to, potrebujeme niekoho ako Michael Reeves, na CZSK yt

  • @OmicronGaming
    @OmicronGaming Před 2 lety +5754

    He somehow manages to be hilarious, smart, and scary all at the same time

  • @KarmaCadet
    @KarmaCadet Před rokem +18

    this is pretty legendary. huge props for holding an actual Q&A for stock traders... priceless AF

  • @abwfl
    @abwfl Před rokem +13

    if Michael made this open source the entire stock market would collapse

  • @HawksNestYT
    @HawksNestYT Před 2 lety +3135

    Ludwig unexpectedly popping out of nowhere was very unexpected

    • @owlseyes_
      @owlseyes_ Před 2 lety +9

      Bro Hawksnest watches both Ludwig and Michael Reeves? You're goated

    • @supfag709
      @supfag709 Před 2 lety

      Reekoil

    • @4scot623
      @4scot623 Před 2 lety +4

      His presence almost ruined the video for me

    • @Maon22
      @Maon22 Před 2 lety +16

      Mann just pops out anywhere rather than his own channel

    • @purmpmcflurtin473
      @purmpmcflurtin473 Před 2 lety +1

      *Sets briefcase on table* I'm Mr. Mssr.Purmp from the American US Department of Redundancy Department. We got a flag that recently you've been engaging in some unnecessary repetition in your comment. Just a few very similar questions about that.

  • @guidomista9565
    @guidomista9565 Před 2 lety +3767

    The fact that a fish had better stock picks than wallstreetbets is hilarious

    • @alecnguyen838
      @alecnguyen838 Před 2 lety +114

      That’s literally the whole point of wallstreet bets though to gamble and laugh at the bad calls

    • @ret7502
      @ret7502 Před 2 lety +283

      Dude, the fish fucking outperformed the market, by A LOT, he did better than like 90% of people who do this professionally

    • @tompson3
      @tompson3 Před 2 lety +39

      I think the deal with WSB is that it's very important WHEN they buy and SELL. Definitely not a steady investment portfolio, but can make a big profit on a lucky gamble.

    • @nightstar6179
      @nightstar6179 Před 2 lety +6

      @@tompson3 ya, a good example of that is those large spikes.

    • @Commenter495
      @Commenter495 Před 2 lety +4

      @@IRHasDiabetes911 No a algorithm choose it for him

  • @jayy_editz699
    @jayy_editz699 Před dnem +1

    The fact that GOLD FISH MEMORY is a thing is just a punch in the gut makes this a whole lot more cold af😂🥶🥶

  • @hellow4164
    @hellow4164 Před 15 dny +6

    Altria over Boeing looking like the play of century rn by Fredrick

  • @MixeetGaming
    @MixeetGaming Před 2 lety +1119

    The fact that real humans who constantly watch stocks were beat by a goldfish who knows literally nothin bout what's goin on is fucking hilarious

    • @loganbaileysfunwithtrains606
      @loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 Před 2 lety +24

      If you throw money at everything eventually you’ll make some money in the markets, knowing when to sell is the struggle

    • @MrTweetumss00
      @MrTweetumss00 Před 2 lety +17

      @@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 Tell that to wsb

    • @cooldude6651
      @cooldude6651 Před 2 lety +47

      Generally, even "professional" economic analysts and advisors (I:E people who advise what stocks to buy and sell) don't perform any better than random guessing. The economy is pretty much just luck, and stock people are like, glorified wine tasters.

    • @joshbuenaventura3297
      @joshbuenaventura3297 Před 2 lety +14

      Remember, We all know for a reason that there's a wallstreet better watched this video and told one of his colleagues "hey, this fish outbought you on stock"

    • @majmak9604
      @majmak9604 Před 2 lety +3

      I think animals are now regularly outperforming major brokers. There's been at least one other case with a cat who picks with cat toys placed on newspaper and I think there's one with a... hamster maybe?
      It actually holds up a study from Sweden in which chimpanzee's narrowly outperformed college (maybe even graduate) students when it came to knowledge of world events.

  • @withercat1801
    @withercat1801 Před 2 lety +2156

    I don’t see anyone mentioning it, but Michael describing the fish “algorithm” as “it tracks analyst movements” was such a good joke

    • @NiliMoto
      @NiliMoto Před 2 lety +40

      I completely missed the genius in that line thanks for clearing it up. Honestly i wonder if he made it real thing for people to invest in and he was sued for it but used that exact line as a disclaimer and put the analysts name (frederik - species: fish) somewhere in the fineprint, would the suit against him make it? Probably yeah but i think it would be hilarious if people lost money to a fish, tried to get it back in court and failed because there weren’t any false promises made since movement was literally being tracked.

    • @ilikeanime1610
      @ilikeanime1610 Před 2 lety +1

      how is there no reply on this comments but it has 625 likes lol

    • @matthewa3413
      @matthewa3413 Před 2 lety +48

      I also liked how he called it a FinTech start-up

    • @Alfwin
      @Alfwin Před 2 lety +3

      Yeah I'd been laughing through most of the video but that was the part that had me literally falling out of my chair

    • @chainer2322
      @chainer2322 Před 2 lety +7

      That whole part felt like an Impractical Jokers bit

  • @lindajoebert9406
    @lindajoebert9406 Před rokem +2362

    I think it is more likely for BTC, ETH,

    • @edinsontah595
      @edinsontah595 Před rokem

      Paulson Dmitriev’s daily signal is top and one of the best out there when it comes to trading bitcoin.

    • @darrencriss4438
      @darrencriss4438 Před rokem

      I will always rate his strategy as the best , I made 2.3 btc with it last week.

    • @niko1even
      @niko1even Před rokem +5

      these bot comments...

    • @adamsummerson3391
      @adamsummerson3391 Před rokem

      @@niko1even they’re all basically the same comment as well 🤣

    • @lindajoebert9406
      @lindajoebert9406 Před rokem

      @@niko1even I have made losses trying to trade by myself I will get in touch with Mr Paulson

  • @bladeegfs
    @bladeegfs Před 5 měsíci +8

    Coming back to this is amazing 😭 Fredrick knew what he wanted and he got it

  • @Spirity14
    @Spirity14 Před rokem +7505

    I'm kinda jealous of the insane level of confidence michael has to hold a bullshit conference about his fish in front of complete strangers. I get stressed out by a presentation in front of people I've known for years

    • @flowerchild2496
      @flowerchild2496 Před rokem +377

      I think the key to it, is going through these for your own entertainment. He's fucking around with these people, it's hilarious I imagine watching their faces turn to horror when they realize it's a fish.

    • @atlas42185
      @atlas42185 Před rokem

      Lucky you, modern medicine has cheat codes. Get your psychiatrist to write you a propranolol subscription. You'll make a fool of yourself w/ a straight face.

    • @sued_
      @sued_ Před rokem +93

      @Crassus Not all youtubers have confidence, most of them yes. Michael is just a different kind of beast

    • @amazingcheese6715
      @amazingcheese6715 Před rokem +5

      ever watched brandon rodgers?

    • @wanderer2688
      @wanderer2688 Před rokem +53

      He didn't have anything to lose and the opinion of those strangers would not affect his life.
      You're probably doing presentations for your job or class, where you are judged on your performance and it does have consequences.

  • @Mo-xm8ci
    @Mo-xm8ci Před 2 lety +3195

    We all have an extremely toxic relationship with Michael where he leave us for months but we always take him back. Actual legend

  • @Boop__Doop
    @Boop__Doop Před 8 měsíci +4

    Who would win:
    Thousands of people dedicating their lives to trading.
    Or
    A literal goldfish.

  • @riverkoenig9673
    @riverkoenig9673 Před rokem +44

    this was incredible. well done. i am extremely entertained by the fact that a goldfish chose stocks. this was so interesting!

  • @menorak
    @menorak Před 2 lety +2309

    You had one miscalculation here: Frederick needed the ability to also SELL stocks, not just buy them. That way, he could properly rake in the big bucks.

    • @francesfarmer3874
      @francesfarmer3874 Před 2 lety +318

      A orange fish buys, and a green fish sells.
      That way fred also has a friend😄

    • @kalinaszek
      @kalinaszek Před 2 lety +63

      He has two axis of movement so one for selling one for buying. Or there could be some movement combinations

    • @DrKosmos
      @DrKosmos Před 2 lety +22

      @@kalinaszek second camera on the side, track his depth away from camera

    • @kalinaszek
      @kalinaszek Před 2 lety +5

      @@DrKosmos this way he could even use implified Web browser and get regarded after good behaviour

    • @eroseland
      @eroseland Před 2 lety +4

      Fredrick only consumes stock.
      Like great simile for modern capitalism.

  • @Insorainity
    @Insorainity Před rokem +4459

    This has got to be the most complicated way for Michael to tell us he got a pet fish

  • @corbinlopez5108
    @corbinlopez5108 Před 4 dny +4

    R.i.p fredrick

  • @LaysAvo16
    @LaysAvo16 Před 2 lety +2580

    I feel so used by Michael. Months and months of him missing and he just comes back and I take him back like a fool

    • @dyllan9242
      @dyllan9242 Před 2 lety +43

      Like a dad who bought milk

    • @Makujah_
      @Makujah_ Před 2 lety +7

      Stop

    • @F_-og6fe
      @F_-og6fe Před 2 lety +6

      April fools bro!

    • @rene431
      @rene431 Před 2 lety +11

      Michael is the ex of your girlfriend that she tells you not to worry about :0

    • @NightmareKeys
      @NightmareKeys Před 2 lety +1

      Dat cuz he a bomba, he a bomba For realz

  • @PhoebusA
    @PhoebusA Před 2 lety +1912

    If you would've told me that Michael Reeve's fish was smarter than an entire subreddit when it came to the stockmarket...
    I actually think I would have believed you.

  • @Zkingboy17
    @Zkingboy17 Před rokem +6

    Most interesting and unique content on social media. This guy is a legend

  • @SendEdition
    @SendEdition Před rokem

    Found you through your interview with Gram - great video that I didn’t realize I’d enjoy. Thanks!

  • @LisetteThibodeaux
    @LisetteThibodeaux Před 2 lety +4397

    Underappreciated pun: when Michael called his business a "small, fin tech startup" 9:21

    • @pilkuu3128
      @pilkuu3128 Před 2 lety +259

      That and he describes fish as a system which "tracks analyst movements" which isn't exactly wrong.

    • @andrewleonardi3351
      @andrewleonardi3351 Před 2 lety +8

      Nice

    • @Ubebread1
      @Ubebread1 Před 2 lety +7

      We need the full presentation

    • @curtisbme
      @curtisbme Před 2 lety

      That whole thing was fucking brilliant. Easily could have been a real presentation by one of those douches.

    • @ValorGlory
      @ValorGlory Před 2 lety

      Not really a pun fin-tech mean financial technology, just shortened and seeing how reefly was suppose to be a stock app it would be a fin-tech company.

  • @CaseyBusiness
    @CaseyBusiness Před 2 lety +9019

    I hope Fredrick lives a long and fulfilling life. May his stocks never tank.

  • @Hypercat420
    @Hypercat420 Před 8 dny +4

    Godspeed Fredrick.

  • @xochdt
    @xochdt Před rokem +7

    Now this is the type of high quality content I look for!

  • @neonishere123
    @neonishere123 Před 2 lety +3394

    Its almost alarming how comically good fredrick is at picking stocks

    • @justsomeguy6545
      @justsomeguy6545 Před 2 lety +81

      @THIS will go delete you account

    • @golden-sun
      @golden-sun Před 2 lety +4

      Better than me

    • @basicuser7331
      @basicuser7331 Před 2 lety +23

      Lol yeah. It's the same concept when FiFA decided to use an octopus to decide a world cup winner.

    • @annaphorra
      @annaphorra Před 2 lety +3

      @THIS will YOUR LIFE IS NOTHING

    • @kojarl4325
      @kojarl4325 Před 2 lety

      @THIS will Jump off a plane

  • @movecount
    @movecount Před 2 lety +396

    "Fish outperformed NASDAQ by 14%"
    Never thought I'd ever see such a sentence.

    • @Ari-ne2yb
      @Ari-ne2yb Před 2 lety +11

      The fish did better than most hedge funds.

  • @katosenpai287
    @katosenpai287 Před měsícem +1

    Love that you took the time to research and pick all stocks for the fish to select from. Props.

  • @dan438
    @dan438 Před rokem +5

    9:35 "The second one... fish... tracks analyst's movements"
    That's glorious :D

  • @The_Mythical_Potato
    @The_Mythical_Potato Před 2 lety +2754

    Note to Michael: The new food you bought for Fedrick will increase the hump on his head more but it doesn’t have at much nutrient that a general food does, you should both feed the old and new food because variety is key in keeping fish

    • @yourfriend4147
      @yourfriend4147 Před 2 lety

      czcams.com/video/ZDpP7aq3Mls/video.html

    • @Kimmie6772
      @Kimmie6772 Před 2 lety +142

      Learnt this the hard way with my lizard. He didn't die or anything, he just refuses to eat if it's not the best meal we can provide for him. He can tell when we're slacking and he knows that he dictates our fate.
      Seriously though once we figured it out he is much healthier, has a better appetite, and is moving around a lot more.

    • @yadsewnde8699
      @yadsewnde8699 Před 2 lety +34

      @@Kimmie6772 that's lovely to hear. Wish him and you all nothing but good health moving forward

    • @sanes1140
      @sanes1140 Před 2 lety

      @@Kimmie6772 you have a depressed scaly tiny child

    • @emiliofermi9994
      @emiliofermi9994 Před 2 lety

      굳이? 러시아가 우크라이나를 점령 못한건 그냥 러시아군이 능력이 없어서 그런거다. 미사일 제외하고 현재 러시아 전력 최대치까지 투입한거임. 시베리아, 극동 군대까지 전부 투입했는데도 지고 있구만. 그리고 러시아가 우크라이나를 봐줄 이유가 뭐가 있냐? 푸틴 입장에서도 최대한 빨리 제압하고 끝내고 싶지. 전쟁이 길어질수록 푸틴이 불리함.

  • @Ridlay_
    @Ridlay_ Před 2 lety +1821

    "And that's how I turned a 5 hour task into a 1 and a half month task. Because I'm a programmer. And that's what we do."
    As a programmer, too freaking true man. Too freaking true.

    • @emiliofermi9994
      @emiliofermi9994 Před 2 lety +6

      너가 프로그래머라고? 좀 웃기네. 나는 엔지니어란다.

    • @lowrld9716
      @lowrld9716 Před 2 lety +1

      I find you everywhere

    • @Ridlay_
      @Ridlay_ Před 2 lety

      @@lowrld9716 :)

    • @tranthien3932
      @tranthien3932 Před 2 lety +2

      That hits real hard to home

  • @KMBSoloProductions
    @KMBSoloProductions Před 9 měsíci

    I’ve seen michael in YT shorts for a long time and never looked up his channel but MAN was this one of the most entertaining videos i have seen in a LONG time

  • @pjextra2430
    @pjextra2430 Před rokem +1

    My favorite youtuber, so happy your back. CZcams sucks without you.

  • @lachlanokeefe8020
    @lachlanokeefe8020 Před 2 lety +1524

    The fact that the fish won so comprehensively shows that actually putting your money in meme stocks is an absolutely HORRIBLE idea.

    • @kennorcott7074
      @kennorcott7074 Před 2 lety +155

      It beat NASDAQ too which is fucking hilarious

    • @eli0uz
      @eli0uz Před 2 lety +6

      @@kennorcott7074 Maybe not the S&P500 ? idk

    • @opal9583
      @opal9583 Před 2 lety +3

      @@kennorcott7074 what's nasdaq?

    • @jaxorgate
      @jaxorgate Před 2 lety +21

      @@opal9583 its a giant collection of companies

    • @seanwaddell2659
      @seanwaddell2659 Před 2 lety +45

      @@opal9583
      NASDAQ is a market index, it just represents a bunch of high level companies and the health of the investing market as a whole

  • @dabonthehaters92
    @dabonthehaters92 Před 2 lety +1780

    Michael: Uses python and a fish to make $1,000
    Also Michael: Uses js, months of work, and some degenerates on reddit to lose $6,000

  • @GDNuzzlock
    @GDNuzzlock Před 3 dny +4

    The streets lost a real one

  • @toasterwaffles1928
    @toasterwaffles1928 Před rokem +1

    All I want for Christmas is Michaels yearly upload.

  • @darkbodhi1416
    @darkbodhi1416 Před 2 lety +2011

    When Micheal accidentally proves that trading stocks on the whims of a fish is a better option then listening to the thousands of people on wall street bets discussing stocks.
    Edit: I now mean MILLIONS of people on Wall Street bets

    • @CastleToastM
      @CastleToastM Před 2 lety +11

      WSB has like 10 million followers

    • @PeferG17
      @PeferG17 Před 2 lety +94

      at least the fish is random... WSB is just generally bad advice lol

    • @rndmcreater
      @rndmcreater Před 2 lety +95

      Its like choosing between randomly drinking vials in a lab and drinking everything tagged as toxic.

    • @rainedans8684
      @rainedans8684 Před 2 lety +13

      A whim of the society is inferior to the intellect of our scaled kings

    • @approximateCognition
      @approximateCognition Před 2 lety +2

      How isthat surprising?

  • @Shovel________________
    @Shovel________________ Před 2 lety +1830

    everyone's talking about the reactions of the investors but nobody mentions how the cashier at the pet shop just stares at micheal in utter disbelief when he just casually hands him over 1000 dollars

  • @Pugol
    @Pugol Před rokem +3

    "and Michael why haven't you posted in 8 months?"

  • @OlOlOIIO
    @OlOlOIIO Před 11 měsíci

    This video was why I know this channel. But after like the 6th time of sharing it I barely realized I never subscribed and now I’m like “how??”
    Been watching all your videos since then. Bell notification is definitely clicked as well. Love your content.

  • @alekzandervenegas7409
    @alekzandervenegas7409 Před 2 lety +2419

    I loved watching their reactions as they slowly realized "wait... is he talking about an actual fish..?" YOU ARE AWESOME MAN

    • @foopadr9076
      @foopadr9076 Před 2 lety +31

      to be honest the fish option is a good choise

    • @miloelite
      @miloelite Před 2 lety +3

      *YOU’RE

    • @fatihdemirbilek54
      @fatihdemirbilek54 Před 2 lety

      czcams.com/play/PLf0mH9BzXrbtGV_tKwn1ZscLdgir2d5Th.html

    • @d3vos_the_god
      @d3vos_the_god Před 2 lety +12

      Actually, they looked confused as shit the moment Frederick showed up on screen

    • @alekzandervenegas7409
      @alekzandervenegas7409 Před 2 lety +3

      @@d3vos_the_god I laughed hard af when he showed up, then in black print *Fredrick

  • @SpartanBrix
    @SpartanBrix Před rokem +9351

    The fact that he went to a company with his idea and embarrassed himself just to do a bit is fucking golden.

    • @crackeddecimal7688
      @crackeddecimal7688 Před rokem +659

      I’d be embarrassed if I goldfish could put perform me in the stock market lmao

    • @garethbaus5471
      @garethbaus5471 Před rokem +338

      @@crackeddecimal7688 That goldfish outperformed most investors, humans are usually really bad at picking stocks.

    • @jinclay4354
      @jinclay4354 Před rokem +341

      _Embarrassed himself?_ Everyone in that room (aside from Michael) should be embarrassed just for being there in the first place, and even more for being morally stomped by a goldfish. "Venture capital" is a joke.

    • @omahaaviation23
      @omahaaviation23 Před rokem +32

      I would be embarrassed if my goldfish buys better stocks.

    • @cancerino666
      @cancerino666 Před rokem +22

      it's not fucking golden. it's a fucking goldfish! xD

  • @VioletGOKU
    @VioletGOKU Před 10 dny

    I just came across this channel in April 2024 and I sincerely envy all the people who have been enjoying this treasure all these years. The perfect crossover of creative, ridiculous, genius and borderline manic. Subbed! 🙌

  • @farhanitrate56
    @farhanitrate56 Před 6 dny +4

    RIP to Fredrick

  • @avaisvshiny8462
    @avaisvshiny8462 Před rokem +8799

    I love watching people realize the stock market is so dumb that even a fish picking random stocks can make money

    • @lucky-lotusyt3012
      @lucky-lotusyt3012 Před rokem +300

      Well the fish is just a general genius.

    • @AdamMclardy
      @AdamMclardy Před rokem +232

      That’s what the actual top investment guys actually say! Don’t pick stocks pick the whole market, it outperformed any single person over time every time

    • @Tahycoon
      @Tahycoon Před rokem +57

      ​@@AdamMclardy it returns 10% annually. A person can make that in a week with a good trading strategy (given that they don't pick stocks from memes).
      Otherwise, mutual funds wouldn't exist if outperforming the market was impossible.

    • @hastyscorpion
      @hastyscorpion Před rokem +66

      @@Tahycoon What?
      "A person can make that much in a week with a good trading strategy" yeah so can the whole market. It doesn't matter what your average over a week it. It matters what your long term return is. The person making 10% in a week could just as easily lose that much and more the next week. "Just buy the market" is the strategy of Vanguard, one of the biggest investment companies in the U.S.

    • @planefan082
      @planefan082 Před rokem +46

      @@Tahycoon Mutual funds are regularly outperformed by randomizers