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    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
      Behind the Money podcast20 min listen
      The rise of the ‘F@$K It’ investor

      The 2008 financial crisis gave rise to a new generation of investors known as ‘generation moonshot’

    • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
      Management consulting
      Boston Consulting Group sues GameStop claiming $30mn in unpaid fees

      Meme-stock company ‘refused to pay significant amounts’ for help on transformation, complaint says

    • Friday, 28 January, 2022
      News in-depthUS equities
      Darker market mood sets in, one year after GameStop frenzy

      Investors shift from speculation to safety as Fed prepares to press brakes on stimulus programme

    • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
      FT MagazineGillian Tett
      A year on, we haven’t absorbed the lessons of the GameStop saga

      As the stock market hits new highs, it’s worth considering what happens to smaller investors if it bursts

    • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
      UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
      Short sellers need not fear transparency

      And more on growth stocks and real rates

    • Monday, 17 January, 2022
      News in-depthUS financial regulation
      Hedge funds oppose SEC’s reform plans after GameStop debacle

      Regulator’s ‘misguided’ securities lending proposals risk fuelling volatility, say managers

    • Friday, 7 January, 2022
      Lex
      GameStop: meme stock eyes crypto push Premium content

      It makes sense for the video game retailer to create its own NFT marketplace

    • Wednesday, 29 December, 2021
      LexRetail trading
      Target/meme stocks: a retail trading trend extended Premium content

      Lex was impressively wrong on meme stock favourites AMC and GameStop

    • Wednesday, 22 December, 2021
      Katie Martin
      Year in a word: Meme stock

      The stars aligned to make have-a-go keyboard warriors a serious force in US markets

    • Friday, 17 December, 2021
      News in-depthMarkets
      The biggest market moments of 2021

      From the GameStop saga to the Archegos debacle — these are the events that shaped the year

    • Saturday, 23 October, 2021
      The Long ViewKatie Martin
      What the GameStop saga revealed about US markets

      SEC report challenges many of the narratives spun about the trading frenzy in retailer’s shares

    • Monday, 18 October, 2021
      Retail trading
      Almost 900,000 accounts traded GameStop at peak of meme stock craze

      New data from US securities regulator shows number increased by 90 times in January

    • Thursday, 16 September, 2021
      Financial & markets regulation
      MassMutual fined $4m over meme-stock trading by ‘Roaring Kitty’

      Insurer employed Keith Gill as he posted videos spurring on the GameStop market frenzy

    • Saturday, 7 August, 2021
      Hedge funds
      Hedge fund that won on GameStop extends gains to $1.6bn

      Senvest continues strong run after backing consoles retailer with bets on energy and tech stock

    • Friday, 23 July, 2021
      Buying and selling shares
      FT stockpicking contest: winners and losers at the half way mark

      Elon Musk, GameStop and Airbnb keep investors guessing in 2021

    • Thursday, 15 July, 2021
      Financial literacy
      Meet the teen investors of the future

      Winners of the FT’s personal finance competition see beyond meme stocks

    • Friday, 9 July, 2021
      UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
      Meme stocks turn boring Premium content

      And does Chinese credit explain American bonds?

    • Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
      Markets
      Did FT Alphaville unwittingly fuel the GameStop madness?

      For r/WallStreetBets, inspiration was found in ageing pink pixels.

    • Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      Wild popularity of GameStop and AMC leads to ETF distortion

      Rules-based passive vehicles have had no option but to allow the meme stocks’ weightings to increase dramatically

    • Monday, 14 June, 2021
      ExplainerCharts that Matter
      Funds trim negative US stocks bets

      Pullback shrinks scope for amateur traders looking to punish short sellers

    • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
      Retail trading
      GameStop shares tumble while SEC probes trading activity

      Plan to issue new shares and regulator’s investigation send retail investor favourite falling

    • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
      Lex
      GameStop: diamond hands are not forever Premium content

      The retailer must show how it can become a hub for ecommerce, esports and online gaming

    • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
      GameStop raids Amazon for new chief executive and finance head

      Retailer at centre of ‘meme stock’ mania plans further equity fundraising as SEC probes share trading

    • Wednesday, 2 June, 2021
      US equities
      Meme stocks take off as call option buying surges

      Oil prices maintain their gains following Opec+ meeting

    • Thursday, 13 May, 2021
      Hargreaves Lansdown PLC
      Hargreaves revenues rise on back of GameStop trading

      UK’s largest trading platform’s clients made 6m share deals in first 4 months of 2021

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