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Bloomberg: How WallStreetBets Pushed GameStop Shares to the Moon


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Doesn't this demonstrate there's something wrong with the market / traditional investment?  Seems like $M are in play on a trade against $B hedge funds....

 

Will the Fed bail out the hedge fund losses?  The stock could even hit $250.... does this mean Gamestop Executives could cash out selling to hedge funds covering losses for betting against them?  

There is a guy who went in with $50k (allegedly) and is still holding onto $22M.  

 

He already cashed out $4M.... 

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18 minutes ago, Fergasun said:

Doesn't this demonstrate there's something wrong with the market / traditional investment?  Seems like $M are in play on a trade against $B hedge funds....

 

 

"The total market capitalization of the U.S. stock market is $50,808,508.7 million (12/31/2020"

https://siblisresearch.com/data/us-stock-market-value/

 

This is just a drop in the bucket, if a fascinating one. Good luck manipulating the stock market as a whole.

 

The earlier comment was right, though... This is just another good reason to avoid single stock risk and stick with low cost, broadly diversified index funds.

 

 

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1 hour ago, Fergasun said:

Doesn't this demonstrate there's something wrong with the market / traditional investment?  Seems like $M are in play on a trade against $B hedge funds....


Nah, some hedge funds got caught with their pants down and are paying for it. Probably a mistake others will avoid in the future. It’s a costly lesson for a small collection of suits.

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2 hours ago, No Excuses said:


Nah, some hedge funds got caught with their pants down and are paying for it. Probably a mistake others will avoid in the future. It’s a costly lesson for a small collection of suits.

Melvin Capital is getting crushed right now. They are closing other positions and had to get a 2.75 billion dollar investment  from another hedge fund. 
 

This is absolutely epic, they’ve pushed the price past the point of no return for institutional investors. I’m happy watching this from the sidelines. 

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This is hilarious.  When the article was written, GME had spiked to 133.  2 days later they have pushed the price up to 280.  Speculation is it could hit 500 or 1000. 

 

I wouldn't have the stones to keep in this trade. One trader getting all the attention turned $50k into $4M cash and riding at $17M profit two days ago.  No idea what he is looking at. 

 

Basically so many people have shorted the stock, they need to buy to cover and whonever is doing the squeeze is not selling.  There are also options going on... they self described as autistic, because who would be dumb enough to invest in Gamestop.  

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32 minutes ago, Spaceman Spiff said:

Is AMC poised to be the next GME?


No, it isn’t as heavily shorted. Hedge funds went full moron on GME. Although who knows, it is shorted a lot itself and it’s not going bankrupt anytime soon and people might be returning to theaters in the coming months. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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