What Happened With GameStop?Bob French, CFA It’s a bit of an understatement to say that GameStop has been in the news lately. There are a lot of people opining about what is going on, but we want to cut through that and look at what actually happened (we look at what it all ...
The problem with short selling is that since shares are borrowed, there can be a rare situation where more than 100% of the outstanding sharefloat is sold short. This is exactly what happened with GameStop’s stock. In January of 2021,nearly 140% of GameStop’s shares had been sold shor...
What is a short squeeze? If you, like many investors, saw what happened withGameStop(NYSE: GME), you likely have this question. After all, it’s not a strategy often used by the common investor. Here, we’ll answer your question. But before we talk about short squeezes, there’s so...
It's what happened with GameStop's stock. When a stock is very heavily shorted, a rise in its price can force short sellers to get out of their bets. To do that, they have to buy the stock, which pushes the stock even higher and can create a feedback loop. As Game...
The 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 yet anonymously. In other ways, however, it's been an unsurprising repetition of past experience. Contrary to ...
What happened to GameStop in 2021? Reply Baptiste Wichtsays: 29 May 2024 at 4:47 am Hi Vincenzo Good question, I should have mentioned that in the article. I used the entire data that I have at my disposal. For US stocks, bonds, cash, gold and ex-US stocks, this is 1871 to 2022...
Another classic example of a gamma squeeze happened in early 2021 with Gamestop (GME). On January 25th, Gamestop’s stock increased 145% and was halted nine times due to excessive volatility. Many attributed the move to a short squeeze. True, it was a short squeeze, but it was more tha...
The gaming retailer has a strong balance sheet and the flexibility to change its business model — but exactly what that looks like remains a question.
Gabe Plotkin and his company Melvin Capital play a pivotal role in Dumb Money. However, the real Gabe Plotkin's story didn't end with GameStop.
For me it's Metaphor Refantazio and Silent Hill 2. Really hyped for those two games coming out next month! As for PS5 Pro.. I will see if there are any deals during the holidays. Typically GameStop will give bonus credit on trade ins for new console