Strategy Inc - 8.00% Series A Perpetual Strike Preferred Stock stock forum
You don't pay 10%-12% dividends (fancy word for interest) in perpetuity if you can borrow money at a range of 0%-8% by using 5 year convertible notes.
The huge preferred share offerings this year, offered at 15% discounts at their IPOs, was a pivotal decision point for the company. For the IPO buyers, the safe play was to short the common and long the preferreds at ~12.8% yield. If the stock moons, the preferreds will follow. If the stock tanks, the dividend puts a floor under the preferreds.
Saylor polished these turds and spun the story into a "novel new approach to the credit markets, backed by Bitcoin". That's all it took to keep the minions on board... For a little while.
But actually he tied his own noose and stood on the chair to get the deals done. Any chance of using the credit markets any time soon was put into the rear view mirror along with a burning bridge. Meanwhile all these new Bitcoin plays are hitting the market every week by using convertible deals and PIPE investors.
The huge question and red flag is why haven't they used the other half of the "42/42 plan"? Are the credit markets closed to MSTR? Or is Saylor hiding something he doesn't want exposed?
It's strange to me that Saylor selling 40M shares this year is ok (doesn't hurt the price) but shorts selling 5M shares is an all out assault. The lack of common sense for some of these parrots is hilarious.
