The US election showed shades of the meme-stock mania of early 2021. Elon Musk and Mark Cuban featured, traders bet big, and young men played key roles. An analyst said that "the target list has grown ...
GameStop shares surged from $10.91 on May 1 to a peak of $64.83 on May 14, following a post by Keith Gill, also known as "Roaring Kitty." Retail participation in GameStop was roughly half what it was ...
Late last year, my colleague examined the aftermath of the 2021 meme-stock mania for exchange-traded funds with big bets in GameStop GME and found that many didn’t realize gains despite large ...
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