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Selloff partly to blame for volatile trading of GameStop

GameStop stock soared this week after individual investors began buying up shares.

01/29/2021

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Selloff partly to blame for volatile trading of GameStop

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GameStop stock soared this week after individual investors began buying up shares.

GameStop stock soared this week after individual investors began buying up shares and used the social media platform Reddit to urge others to buy stock. This was going on even as big money Wall Street investors were betting GameStop stock would fall.

01/29/2021

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