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video UK · 6 February 2021

GAMESTOP: talking about Short Selling - Gary on Radio 5 Live with Nihal Arthanayake

This video explains the GameStop short squeeze, where amateur investors on Reddit targeted hedge funds betting against the company, causing its stock to skyrocket. It discusses how the pandemic's K-shaped recovery fueled this, with ordinary people feeling left out of soaring stock markets, and details the mechanics of short selling.

By Gary Stevenson

Featuring Nihal Arthanayake

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