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GameStop investors are ‘playing with fire’ say hedge funds

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

2022-01-25T09:43:30Z

7 min read

GameStop Reddit Trading

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

Caitlin McCabe

2022-01-06T15:16:12Z

2 min read

GameStop Reddit AMC Trading

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

By Trista Kelley

2021-12-16T12:05:25Z

7 min read

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

Paul Vigna

2021-08-27T10:44:37Z

4 min read

Reddit Trading

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

Meghan Bobrowsky

2021-08-12T12:00:22Z

3 min read

Reddit Trading

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David Wighton

Goldman Sachs holds top spot as equities trading buoys Wall Street earnings

FCA’s plan to ease market-maker rules is a new threat to banks

BlackRock faces big challenges over private markets index fund ambitions

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

By Emily Nicolle

2021-07-08T08:36:16Z

2 min read

GameStop Fintech Reddit Robinhood

Conversations on social platform Reddit show investors are considering a snub of Robinhood's markets debut, with some also making plans to shift their accounts away to other brokers

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

By Emily Nicolle

2021-06-16T13:19:25Z

2 min read

GameStop Fintech Reddit Trading

Data from Breakout Point estimated that online chatter about Arrival was around 750% higher on 15 June than at the end of March

AMC boss Adam Aron basks in meme-stock spotlight

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Erich Schwartzel

2021-06-04T10:07:46Z

6 min read

GameStop Fintech Reddit Trading

Adam Aron tweets both serious corporate rationales as well as photoshopped memes that rile traders seeking to drive up the stock and make quick profits.

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

Dave Sebastian

2021-04-06T06:57:55Z

3 min read

GameStop Reddit Trading

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

Emily Nicolle

2021-03-01T14:57:01Z

3 min read

GameStop Esma Reddit Trading short-selling Wirecard

The GameStop saga has prompted EU authorities to review short-selling rules

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

Amid a GameStop retail army that has piled in to stocks with high short interest, there have been some bright spots for short sellers

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

Steven Maijoor, chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), says business models adopted by Robinhood and others present a conflict of interest

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

Melvin Capital says it was short GameStop since 2014

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Wall Street execs caution on dealmaking rebound even as investment banking fuels profit rise

Who are the City’s top female lawyers?

Is TikTok an unregistered crypto exchange? Yes, this compliance expert tells the FCA

BlackRock creates active stewardship team to assist with private markets push

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Former Goldman Sachs executive Amar Kuchinad joins crypto firm Copper as CEO

Kirkland loses regulatory partner to Paul Weiss

BNP Paribas dealmaker McNaught departs in UK advisory shake-up

GameStop frenzy fuels SEC to weigh more short sale transparency

Dave Michaels

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Dawn Lim

2021-02-18T10:59:42Z

4 min read

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

2021-02-17T15:20:35Z

3 min read

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The role pays $200,000 and an optional place at a camp at the Burning Man festival

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

2021-02-08T12:52:01Z

1 min read

GameStop Reddit Trading Markets

Steve Huffman, chief executive and co-founder of Reddit

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

2021-02-04T15:14:36Z

4 min read

Hedge Funds GameStop Bank of England Reddit Andrew Bailey Regulation

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

Emily Nicolle

2021-02-03T17:16:10Z

7 min read

Hedge Funds GameStop Reddit Trading Stock markets

Here’s how the GameStop saga all began, and here's what could happen next

GameStop investors are ‘playing with fire’ say hedge funds

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

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

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

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

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

David Wighton

Goldman Sachs holds top spot as equities trading buoys Wall Street earnings

FCA’s plan to ease market-maker rules is a new threat to banks

BlackRock faces big challenges over private markets index fund ambitions

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

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

AMC boss Adam Aron basks in meme-stock spotlight

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

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

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

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

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

Melvin Capital says it was short GameStop since 2014

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Wall Street execs caution on dealmaking rebound even as investment banking fuels profit rise

Who are the City’s top female lawyers?

Is TikTok an unregistered crypto exchange? Yes, this compliance expert tells the FCA

BlackRock creates active stewardship team to assist with private markets push

On the Move

Former Goldman Sachs executive Amar Kuchinad joins crypto firm Copper as CEO

Kirkland loses regulatory partner to Paul Weiss

BNP Paribas dealmaker McNaught departs in UK advisory shake-up

GameStop frenzy fuels SEC to weigh more short sale transparency

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

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

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

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