STOCKS (Finance)INSIDER trading in securitiesINTEREST ratesINDIVIDUAL investorsCREDIT riskMARKET timingMARKET manipulationThe GameStop stock trading episode that began in January 2021 has been unprecedented in some ways, especially in the ability of market participants to organize collective action openly ...
The short squeeze for GameStop happened in the same way anyshort squeeze does. Most, if not all, stocks on the stock market have investors who hold a short position against the stock. This means they are making a calculated bet that the stock price will decline over time. Shorting a stoc...
Trading volume has surged in shares of GameStop, AMC Entertainment, as well as Bed Bath & Beyond and BlackBerry, stunning Wall Street firms betting that those stocks would fall. Trading volume has surged in shares of GameStop, AMC Entertainment, as well as Bed Bath & B...
GameStop Corp. shares have risen by more than 1,900% since Jan. 8, hurting market short-sellers. Shares soared from $17.08 a few weeks ago to $347.51 at Tuesday's close. Here's how it happened. FILE - An exterior view of a GameStop store on July 21, 2020...
GameStop and other meme stocks are roaring once again, surging to dizzying heights suddenly and sharply.
Meme stocks have become increasingly popular due to a Reddit page called WallStreetBets. The popular meme stock GameStop (GME) saw a massive price surge in late January 2021 after retail investors tried to take on a hedge fund that had shorted the stock. While meme stocks increase individual...
What happened there? Some brokers, such as Robinhood, let investors trade on margin, which means the investor pays typically between 50%-90% of the purchasing price while the broker backs the rest with an interest loan. However, with volatile stocks such as GameStop, which could ...
The GameStop event wasn’t an isolated incident. Other heavily shorted stocks, dubbed “meme stocks” due to the use of social media, underwent similar, if less dramatic, squeezes. Companies like AMC Entertainment (AMC) had their share prices surge as retail investors piled in, often citing ...
While GameStop was the first successful meme stock, it was not the only one. WallStreetBets users quicklyidentified other downtrodden stockswith heavy short interest to boost. These included AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. (AMC), the movie theater chain that saw flagging profits amid the COVID-...
GAMESTOP, AMC MEME REVOLUTION: 1 YEAR SINCE RETAIL INVESTORS TOOK STOCKS ON WILD RIDE A GameStop store is seen in New York on March 4, 2024.(Shelby Knowles / Bloomberg / Getty Images) Kusin said the company could stand to shutter about 90% of the stores that come up for lease renewal...