WallStreetBets – Hacking the Hedge Funds – BSW #204
Everyone has heard the GameStop frenzy by now, but what's it all about. How did a group of Reddit users hack the financial system and squeeze the hedge funds? We're going to discuss the details behind r/wallstreetbets and how they hacked the hedge funds.
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- 1. So What Is Short Selling? An Explainer
- 2. For Elon Musk And Others: How Short Selling Works
- 3. This analogy perfectly explains what short selling is and why hedge funds are hurting right now
- 4. Short selling: What it is, why it’s risky and how the ‘squeeze’ happens
- 5. Melvin Capital – Wikipedia
- 6. Citadel LLC – Wikipedia
- 7. How r/WallStreetBets took down a hedge fund and rode GameStop stock to the moon ????
- 8. How GameStop became the perfect ‘meme stock’ for r/WallStreetBets
- 9. Robinhood (company) – Wikipedia
