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GameStop investors are ‘playing with fire’ say hedge funds

GameStop stock is skyrocketing after the return of ‘Roaring Kitty’

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Reddit’s WallStreetBets loses its cool factor as armchair traders shun ‘atrocious advice’

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Meme stocks take hit as GameStop and AMC suffer rough start to year

GameStop and AMC slump as tech stock rout marks first days of 2022

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A 26-year-old short-seller on the Reddit retail army and shorting in the longest bull market in history

Reed Sherman says most Spacs should never have made it anywhere near a public stock exchange — and sees ESG as ‘as virtue signalling at the highest level’

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Here’s a surprise — Wall Street is tracking Reddit to see where the market is headed next

'It’s more art than science because it’s uncharted territory'

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Reddit in fresh funding round triggered by $410m raise from Fidelity Investments

The firm expects to secure additional commitments to bring the total raised to as much as $700m

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Robinhood IPO to get cold shoulder from Reddit’s meme-stock army

‘Don't buy or short it, forget about Robinhood’

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Reddit stock-picking army targets Arrival as UK’s first meme stock

Arrival is one the top 10 most popular retail investor stocks, and is soaring after a post on the WallStreetBets forum

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AMC boss Adam Aron basks in meme-stock spotlight

Cinema chain capitalises on social media-driven frenzy to raise needed cash

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GameStop to sell 3.5 million shares after Reddit-fuelled trading frenzy

Videogame retailer says it could raise hundreds of millions of dollars from investors to help support its turnaround plan

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Short-sellers ‘hung out to dry’ as EU mulls more scrutiny amid GameStop mania

Short-sellers are raising eyebrows at the latest proposal from a European regulator that would raise the hurdles for disclosures of bearish bets

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Hedge funds slash bearish bets in GameStop aftermath: ‘Wow, this could be me’

Hedge fund bets are now the least bearish since 2010 following the GameStop saga

These short-sellers are making a killing in defiance of GameStop’s retail army

Some short-focused managers are experiencing a strong start to the year

EU regulator to probe zero-commission stock trading: ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’

Online brokers' business models may 'incentivise the adoption of risky short-term trading strategies', the ESMA boss said

Melvin Capital says it was short GameStop since 2014

Hedge-fund manager Gabe Plotkin defends short-selling strategy in House testimony

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GameStop frenzy fuels SEC to weigh more short sale transparency

House lawmakers meeting Thursday plan to examine the GameStop trading and discuss the dearth of short-sale data

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Hedge fund seeks to hire Reddit options trader fluent in memes: ‘No higher education in economics or finance’

The role pays $200,000 with a performance related bonus, a subsidy for psychotherapy and medications, and a spot at the Burning Man festival

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Reddit CEO says WallStreetBets shows ‘the power of large communities’

Steve Huffman said that the GameStop saga showed it’s not just institutional and professional investors who can participate in markets

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Bank of England ‘watching carefully’ for risks from WallStreetBets craze, says Andrew Bailey

Andrew Bailey said the Bank of England was monitoring the risks from a spike in retail investor activity

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GameStop’s month of mayhem — Everything you need to know about Reddit, hedge funds and Robinhood

GameStop's shares had risen more than 2,700%, but volatile trading means it's still all to play for on Wall Street

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