BREAKDOWN: WallStreetBets Is Occupy Wall Street With Teeth

The retail trader insurgency has massive implications for the future of capital markets. 
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This week, a collective of foul-mouthed internet memers took down some of Wall Street’s best-known hedge funds. In today’s episode, NLW looks at:

The historical context of how the Great Financial Crisis set the stage for WallStreetBets

How WSB gained infamy during the COVID-19 crisis by correctly predicting the market’s rebound while other investors remained bearish 

Why WSB started going after short-sellers, particularly around GameStop (GME)

How WSB forced a short squeeze that required Melvin Capital to call in nearly $3B of emergency capital 

Why Robinhood forcing users to stop buying GameStop and other related assets will go down as an inflection point in the history of capital markets

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