Reddit Users Gave Large Hedge Funds A Run For Their Money & Here’s How Netizens Reacted


Reddit Users Became Large Hedge Fund's Nightmare And Here's How Netizens Reacted FI

You might have heard the words like ‘GameStop’, ‘Reddit’, and ‘Large hedge funds’ a lot in the past couple of days. And it’s okay to be confused. We were too.

So, what’s been happening?

Up until a month ago, GameStop was a struggling chain of video game retail stores in the states. But suddenly, the shares of GameStop surged from $19 on December 31st, 2020, to $197.84 on January 27th.

Yup, a difference of $178.84 in 27 days. That’s crazy!

Reddit Users Gave Large Hedge Funds A Run For Their Money & Here's How Netizens Reacted

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As GameStop was not doing well and their stock was super low, they hired some new board members. And the stock prices went up. That’s when well-known hedge funds like Melvin Capital and Citron Research got interested in GameStock shares.

They decided to “short” GameStop stocks to make a lot of money. But people of Reddit decided to have some fun. They bought a lot of stocks and inflated the price of GameStop shares. The large hedge fund lost so much money that they filed for bankruptcy.

Here’s a longer, detailed explanation if you really want to know the whole deal.

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What are your thoughts?

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