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Wall Street was the real winner of the GameStop saga

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Re: Wall Street was the real winner of the GameStop saga

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Also known as the Mother Of All Collective Delusions

Yeah, yet not even cool enough to get its own phrase in the zeitgeist like "Drink the Kool-Aid"

Its easily dismissed as conspiracy but having read many of their supporting arguments and seeing the SI (Short Interest) being over 220% myself along with the SEC report suggesting that shorts never closed their position... I can't say I would dismiss the possibility of another short squeeze...

Re: Wall Street was the real winner of the GameStop saga

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Tangentially: I learned a lot while watching Keiths (Roaring Kitty, DFV) streams, even before GameStop took off. It gave me insight in what kind of research and analysis is done for investment and it served almost as a demo for me. It's really a shame that he's not streaming anymore, but I kind of get it.

Probably enjoying his early retirement as a stock market millionaire.

Re: Wall Street was the real winner of the GameStop saga

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Its easily dismissed as conspiracy but having read many of their supporting arguments and seeing the SI (Short Interest) being over 220% myself along with the SEC report suggesting that shorts never closed their position... I can't say I would dismiss the possibility of another short squeeze...

Re: Wall Street was the real winner of the GameStop saga

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It's just a matter of time before some company insider is paid to manipulate their employers' stock through the power of the /r/WallStreetBets self-defined autists. Companies use social media for astroturfing and viral marketing, why not market manipulation?

Happened a lot when Shkreli was still mod

Re: Wall Street was the real winner of the GameStop saga

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Its easily dismissed as conspiracy but having read many of their supporting arguments and seeing the SI (Short Interest) being over 220% myself along with the SEC report suggesting that shorts never closed their position... I can't say I would dismiss the possibility of another short squeeze...

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Re: Wall Street was the real winner of the GameStop saga

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Its easily dismissed as conspiracy but having read many of their supporting arguments and seeing the SI (Short Interest) being over 220% myself along with the SEC report suggesting that shorts never closed their position... I can't say I would dismiss the possibility of another short squeeze...

Why do you think not a single institutional investor has rallied behind this cause? Hedge funds love fucking each other over and would embrace popularity with the public. Why hasn’t some firm with a few billion under management taken up this cause if there’s really anything there?

Re: Wall Street was the real winner of the GameStop saga

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So because people traded (sometimes) using services that had associated fees... Wall Street won? There's nothing in this article that supports the click bait title.

Some small hedge funds no one had heard of had a bad year, while market makers like Citadel who thrive on volatility and high volume made a fortune.

Re: Wall Street was the real winner of the GameStop saga

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So because people traded (sometimes) using services that had associated fees... Wall Street won? There's nothing in this article that supports the click bait title.

I'm pretty sure market makers have made a killing off option premiums, especially once they realized the way to kill a gamma squeeze is to jack up premiums to the max to kill momentum (as observed during the despac squeezes)

Re: Wall Street was the real winner of the GameStop saga

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Its easily dismissed as conspiracy but having read many of their supporting arguments and seeing the SI (Short Interest) being over 220% myself along with the SEC report suggesting that shorts never closed their position... I can't say I would dismiss the possibility of another short squeeze...

Why do you think not a single institutional investor has rallied behind this cause? Hedge funds love fucking each other over and would embrace popularity with the public. Why hasn’t some firm with a few billion under management taken up this cause if there’s really anything there?

They have? Blackrock just added 10% to their stake recently. Not to mention the former-Amazon staff that GameStop is hiring along with the header of BlockChain at Microsoft mentioning working with GameStop on their new NFT Market Place.

Don't just get your news from Bloomberg or CNN.

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