Paramount might settle with states over Warner Bros. as soon as this weekend. Sources say this. Sources always say things right before weekends because nobody checks on weekends.
The settlement could save Paramount millions in fees to Warner Bros. shareholders. Millions of dollars that would otherwise go to people who own shares in a completely different company. This makes perfect sense if you've had a stroke.
Let me walk you through the technical setup here. Company A might pay states instead of paying shareholders of Company B. Company B is Warner Bros. Company A is Paramount. The states are unclear but they're mad about something. Warner Bros. shareholders were expecting money. Now they might not get it because Paramount found a weekend.
Retail traders are frantically Googling "can states take my settlement" and "is Paramount the mountain with the stars." They're updating their Discord servers. They're drawing triangles on charts of both companies. The triangles point in different directions. This is bullish.
The settlement happens this weekend or it doesn't. Either way someone will claim they called it. Then they'll sell you a course on settlement pattern recognition. The course costs more than the average retail account balance.
Paramount's legal team worked overtime to avoid paying Warner Bros. shareholders. They found states instead. The states were apparently cheaper than the shareholders. Nobody knows which states. Could be Delaware. Could be all of them. Could be a state of mind.
This is the kind of headline that makes you check if you're reading it right. You are. It still doesn't make sense. That won't stop seventy YouTube videos with thumbnails of shocked faces from explaining why this is actually about the Federal Reserve.
The weekend deadline is doing a lot of work here. Lawyers bill extra on weekends. Paramount looked at millions in shareholder fees versus premium hourly rates for Saturday conference calls and picked the conference calls.
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