How A Reddit Forum Caused GameStop’s Stock Price To Surge
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5 min readJan 24, 2021
The short squeeze behind r/WallStreetBets’ bet on GameStop (GME)
GameStop stock was in the gutter for most of last year, trading around $5 a share. At the start of January, they were worth around $20. Now, just a few weeks later, they’ve miraculously set an all-time high of $76.