The Indicator from Planet Money

GameStop And The Short Squeeze

The Indicator from Planet Money ›

09:59 | Jan 27th, 2021

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The price of GameStop shares have surged this week, in part because of something called a short squeeze.


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jennx recommended:Jan 29th, 2021

Quite literally nuts... 🌰🐿

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basicallydan recommended:Jan 28th, 2021

This is a pretty decent explanation of short selling and why it backfired for the hedge fund(s) which bet on GameStop to fail.

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