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Afterpay options not worth the paper they're written on

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Afterpay is in freefall. At $9.90, its shares were down 22 per cent on Thursday, down 57 per cent this week and 75 per cent in a month. Now just another loss-making credit offering in a world where precious Millennials all just lost their waitressing shifts. Anthony Eisen should rebrand it Aftermath.

"We are fortunate to have a business model, balance sheet and customer base that creates a level of protection in times of economic uncertainty," Eisen wrote on Thursday as all three were unravelling.

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Joe Aston helmed The Australian Financial Review's Rear Window column from 2012 to 2023. Connect with Joe on Facebook and Twitter.

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