Listen to hosts Samantha Spiers and Wildcard Cameron discuss the surge in GameStop's stock price. Discussion includes why this is happening to GameStop, what is short-selling, why the stock price rose so much, and is this legal.

Post production by Scott Stronach.

Sources:

https://www.fidelity.com/viewpoints/active-investor/selling-short

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/27/gamestop-amc-reddit-short-sellers-wallstreetbets/

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GME?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZWNvc2lhLm9yZy8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAF26V7MYa3-YWJmKwZ-0sZaUv3BrHKoR43seO96VuyHm5KWqqp66BlY1oWQh69nHYjn1g5BVkoEzPZ54add36etlF9M2EH6XYvhwnhvUb9kJOy-GfPCBwDnqe3FzNNd__kgjHlCM9QrZ85B-IoNpFvK40Jb6L4lqxX1xmfkItqyz

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/28/961349400/gamestop-how-reddit-traders-occupied-wall-streets-turf

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/28/961722406/the-latest-on-the-gamestop-stock-market-debacle

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