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r/wallstreetbets, also known as WallStreetBets or WSB, is a subreddit where participants discuss stock and option trading. It has become notable for its colorful and profane jargon, aggressive trading strategies, and for playing a major role in the GameStop short squeeze that caused losses for some US firms and short sellers in a few days in early 2021.
In January 2021, a short squeeze of the stock of the American video game retailer GameStop and other securities took place, causing major financial consequences for certain hedge funds and large losses for short sellers. Approximately 140 percent of GameStop's public float had been sold short, and the rush to buy shares to cover those positions ...
Meme stock. A meme stock is a stock that gains popularity among retail investors through social media. [1] [2] [3] The popularity of meme stocks is generally based on internet memes shared among traders, [4] on platforms such as Reddit 's r/wallstreetbets. [5] Investors in such stocks are often young and inexperienced investors. [6]
Keith Gill. Keith Patrick Gill[ 1] (born 1986) is an American financial marketer and educator [ 2] and individual investor known for his posts on the subreddits r/wallstreetbets and r/SuperStonk. [ 3][ 4] His analyses of GameStop stock ( NYSE : GME) and details of his resulting investment gains—posted on Reddit under the username ...
The filing even named one of its own communities—a subreddit called r/ wallstreetbets—as a risk to the IPO given the forum's "strong and atypical retail investor interest" in so-called 'meme ...
Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt (left) and moderator Josh Constine (right) speak onstage during Day 2 of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 at the Moscone Center on September 6, 2018, in San Francisco, California. Robinhood Markets, Inc. is an American financial services company headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
Hard-line conservatives in the House left Washington frustrated that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) didn’t uphold his promises on pushing through spending legislation — though they did not ...
AMC Theatres. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. ( doing business as AMC Theatres, originally an abbreviation for American Multi-Cinema; often referred to simply as AMC and known in some countries as AMC Cinemas or AMC Multi-Cinemas) is an American movie theater chain founded in Kansas City, Missouri, and now headquartered in Leawood, Kansas.