The Ratings Game: Before you short Nvidia after reading investment advice from ‘Twitter randos,’ read this

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Nvidia Corp.’s revenue doubled while its cost of goods barely crept up, so there must be something fishy, right? A company is using their Nvidia graphics processing chips as collateral for billions in loans — that doesn’t sound right, does it?

As Nvidia NVDA shares fell 3.1% to close at $470.61 on Wednesday, Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon must have been hearing from clients all day who were worried after reading the most recent conspiracy theory on why Nvidia’s 222% year-to-date stock gain must somehow be fixed.

“Recently…