The Money Strategies Arsenal

From Titans to Tactics. The hidden game of finance—where power is moved, not just money.

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Strategy Categories
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Tactics Decoded
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Interactive Labs

Greenmail

"Weaponizes board's fear of embarrassment"

25 min

Creeping Takeover

"Exploits governance attention blindness"

25 min

Hostile Tender Offer

"Reveals agency conflicts between board and owners"

30 min

Proxy War

"Converts apathy into control leverage"

35 min

Poison Pill

"Raises cost of aggression, buys time"

25 min

White Knight

"Status preservation via "better" partner"

20 min

Participating Preferred

"Double-dips on exit, often misunderstood"

20 min

Full-Ratchet Anti-Dilution

"Nuclear protection that can devastate founders"

15 min

Convertible Note + Cap

"Defers pricing conflict, creates hidden optionality"

15 min

Super Pro-Rata Rights

"Locks out competitive capital"

15 min

Board Seat + Veto Rights

"Converts small stake into outsized influence"

20 min

Loan-to-Own

"Patience converts obligation into ownership"

30 min

DIP Financing

"First claim = defines new capital structure"

25 min

Covenant Stripping

"Short-term need creates long-term vulnerability"

Theory Only

Credit Bid

"Uses debt as currency to acquire assets"

25 min

Short Selling

"Weaponizes crowd optimism against itself"

25 min

Leveraged Long

"Converts conviction into asymmetric payoff"

20 min

Synthetic Position

"Hides directional intent from market"

25 min

Options Straddle

"Profits from volatility, not direction"

15 min

FOMO Waves

"Sells into collective euphoria"

10 min

Panic Harvesting

"Buys forced selling at irrational prices"

15 min

Meme Flow Surfing

"Rides social sentiment cascades"

15 min

Governance Apathy

"Exploits retail shareholder disengagement"

10 min

Currency Collapse Bet

"Bets against central bank credibility"

30 min

Regime Change Hunt

"Positions for policy inflection points"

25 min

Reflexivity Cascade

"Markets move reality, not just reflect it"

20 min