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How the GameStop squeeze shows the power of social media
Clip: 1/29/2021 | 8m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
It’s a case of individual traders trying to outsmart the Wall Street experts.
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.
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How the GameStop squeeze shows the power of social media
Clip: 1/29/2021 | 8m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
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.
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