PSA Thursday: Wall Street Bets, GameStop, and the Rise of Meme Stocks

<p>If you blinked, you missed the biggest stock market story since the crash of March 2020. It’s a story that led GameStop, a brick-and-mortar company that sells *physical* video games (remember when games came on 5.25-inch floppy disks?), to skyrocket its share price by 700 percent in two weeks.</p> <p>It’s a story of short selling, of high-frequency trading, and of individual investors who harbor deep anger towards hedge funds. It’s a story of social media vs. Wall Street ... and the innocent bystanders who get caught in the crossfire. That's the story we cover in today's episode.</p> <p>For more information, visit the show notes at <a href= "https://affordanything.com/psathursday" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://affordanything.com/psathursday</a></p>