So the Russians spent 20 minutes of oxygen unfurling that stupid flag.  They appeared intent on mounting it permanently but settled on holding it in position for a photo op, then putting it away.  It's the 1st time they ever did that.  The lion kingdom would have accidentally dropped it.  Maybe the temporary positioning was an accident.  Undoubtedly, accidentally dropping it would have resulted in someone getting shot.

That's enough reason to unbolt from the russian segment & build a replacement.  The lion kingdom believes the russian segment only provides attitude control & reboosts.  A bare starship with just its normal reaction control thrusters could do the job.  It would cost less than twitter.  

Analysts have been trying to pressure TWTR stonk down by creating doubt about Elon's buyout, but there's a document from the SEC showing he sold $5 billion of TSLA to fund the buyout. Suspect TWTR has been under pressure manely from index funds & less from doubt about the buyout.

With everyone holding their breath for the 1 year I bond to hit 8%, merely buying TWTR when it was under $50 was a good way to get 10%. There might be more general selloffs pushing it below $50 before the stonk buyback, but skepticism is probably going to fade quickly.

There is an interesting scenario where index funds go crazy before TWTR goes private, sending it briefly well above $54.20. There's no logical reason for stonk pickers to buy it above $54.20, but index funds have to buy everything. It would take a lot of irrational speculation for stonk picking to send it above $54.20.

In that case, do lions sell it all, assume it could go higher, or start gradually selling it?

Analysts predicted an 8% I bond in May, along with encouraging people to buy before the May adjustment. That gives them the January rate until November. In November they get grandfathered into the May rate for another 6 months. No matter which way the next 6 month adjustment goes, they're always 6 months behind. Everyone expects inflation to go down quickly & when interest rates go down, they expect to get an extra 6 months through the grandfathering.

It only makes sense to wait if you expect need the money before inflation goes down.

Lions thought it would be 16% based on the example calculations & buying before the May adjustment would forfeit the May rate, but the error was assuming the interest changed on the same schedule as newly issued bonds. Previously issued bonds change relative to when they were bought & to the previous rate. Also, the interest is the average inflation over 6 months, which was much less than 8%.

The algorithm is obtuse enough for no-one to have any idea, but anything is better than cash & less risky than stonk.

Everyone with a brain already maxed out their $10,000 annual donation in January, so the May adjustment will have tepid sales. The government executes the transaction 1 government business day after ordering it, eastern time. Ordering it at 11pm pacific results in a 2 day delay. Don't forget the 6 months of government holidays.

While the delay allows you to cancel, there's no reason to cancel. The best strategy during high inflation is to buy as many I bonds as possible as soon as possible.