Jan. 27, 2021, 10:48 PM UTCSuddenly, Wall Street can't stop talking about GameStop, a video game retailer whose stock price is popping far beyond what most people think it's worth.Why is everyone talking about GameStop?
GameStop is a video game retailer. Like most stores that still sell products in person, it has had a hard time lately as video game sales have moved online and as the Covid-19 pandemic keeps people away from stores. It's still in business, but few people expect it to grow again.
Because short sellers — frequently hedge funds — in essence are betting against a company's success, it can be a risky position. Any positive news or enthusiasm for the stock will push up the stock's valuation, minimizing profit for the short seller. In the case of GameStop, chatter on massive online trading forums invigorated interest in buying the stock, pushing up the price, which in turn fueled more interest.
S3 Partners, a financial data company, said Wednesday that its analysis found that short sellers had lost $23.6 billion on GameStop this month.The internet has been used to prognosticate about stocks for decades, but there's never been anything quite like the Reddit community called r/wallstreetbets, also known as WSB.
'Amateur stock traders that yell on the internet'- No bias in the writing here, just move along
“a financial power struggle between a major hedge fund, Melvin Capital, and a group of amateur stock traders who yell on the internet” It’s actually just a bit of hedge fun........
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I guess we have 2 different free markets in the world, one for them, and one for everyone else
Here’s your guide: the corporate media and Wall Street are colluding to protect hedge funds that overplayed their risk to ensure Main Street can’t win. It’s rigged. It’s always been rigged. Not to mention the irony of the name Robinhood.
how do I buy GameStop stock?
Eff the stock market
HOLD THE LINE!
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Explanation: Hedge fund managers are pissed off because some kids on Reddit did to them what they've been doing for years.
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It means that instead of letting *special* traders make money by draining stocks, *normal* traders call bullsh*t and drained the predation from the privileged few.
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GameStop’s stock price has skyrocketed by somewhere around 8,000% over 6months. It’s stock has become the central game piece of a financial power struggle between a major hedge fund, Melvin Capital, and a group of amateur stock traders who yell on the internet.
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This is why I love internet culture.
Now Conservatives are for big government on the side of Wall St because the people figured out a way to compete with them.
establishment uses MSNBC to destroy GME using false narrative brings stock to $0 making huge profits but, when the everyday people on reddit stand up and buy the stock, ruining the establishments plans, things must change 🤣 buy crypto 👊🏼 f* the establishment
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Wow NBC, you’re not an honest news source at all are you? Shame on you. Your guidance is actually that this is a “financial power struggle between a major hedge fund, Melvin Capital, and a group of amateur stock traders who yell on the internet.” You just don’t get it. 🤣🤣🤣
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I understand a few big guys vs millions small guys. Who will win?
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It means we run the show now, not the hedgies. $NOK is the play. tothemoon WSBgang
What happened to the game stop
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GameStop making the news everywhere now
The system was rigged the little guy never won and sometimes went dead broke and you guys fueled it all the whole time and you lost one time and called the president the the federal reserve and called hard working Americans idiots never forget you must apologize or burn in hell!
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This shows you how broken the stockmarket is. It's been turned into a casino.
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It means that boomers should mind their business and let us drain their life savings
Nerds decided to use the system like dudebros do.
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If you don’t understand, you’re out of touch with the modern world.
Hopefully a lot of billionaires took a big bath, I feel no pity for them, in fact, as a moderate Republican myself, I pray the tax rates for anyone making over $200,000 skyrocket and 50% tax if making over $500,000, do it, Biden
Hedge shorties were greedy and tried to bankrupt GameStop, nostalgia buyers sent the shorties a message. No one will win, but the public is now aware of how elitists manipulate the markets. How elitists are able to rip jobs away with their tactics.
People making 'bets' on Robin Hood thinking they're doing real day trading need to stop, or be regulated, otherwise we will see this very often
Stock Market is a shell game. Money is nothing more than an agreement on values. Focus on what has real value.
Lies around the world all day long
GameStop is a bubble, DON'T buy their stock until the frenzy buying is past. Look at their past performance and decide if the 52 week low could be an indicator of what is ahead. Do your homework before investing.
What happened is a hedge fund got their asses handed to them
Someone is finnaly sticking it to the BANKSTERS
GameStop, we will buy your Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition for $3 and sell it back to you while applying the 'tested' sticker to it directly in front of you.. for $29.99. $28.99 for Rewards members, because you matter.
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Do the wall street shuffle fellas...
Check a mirror, , your bias is showing again.
Basically the little man and going after the big man and playing him at his own game, and the little man is winning. When the big guys do it it’s called capitalism when the little man does it it’s called ‘market rigging’. Short the SEC
They are doing a BTC to GME. Increase demand to push the stock up.
Everyone on Reddit cause to hell with wallstreet and these hedge funds
zipillinois Kudos to those who finally challenged the 'short sellers' long overdue rattling of the beast that almost toppled the world economy in 2008.
Are you going to accuse GameStop of being nazis somehow? I'm sure you are.
Oh! Look! Now Wall Street wants some regulation! Let's give them a hell to the no.
Wall street is afraid, and big tack are the real fascist. That’s what’s going on
Aaaand wallstreetbets goes private. Wonder if there's a sec and fbi probe incoming?
That's what they get for paying 12 cents for a used game lol