Shiba Inu dog. AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi A 35-year-old former supermarket warehouse manager who made an $8,000 bet on shiba inu at the start of the year is now enjoying his retirement thanks to the meme coin’s stunning rally. Rob, who is from northern England, told Fortune he dabbled in cryptocurrencies to supplement his $68,000 yearly salary so he could create a better life for his partner and their son. Unexpectedly, he came across shiba inu, which was founded in August 2020. And upon… Source link
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‘This one is next’ — here’s why WallStreetBets founder Jaime Rogozinski is tapping Trump’s SPAC as the clear new meme trade Keeping a close eye on Reddit’s WallStreetBets forum has been a good idea for investors. The 11 million-member Internet community led the charge during GameStop’s two-week 1,500% short-squeeze in January and is largely responsible for AMC Entertainment’s massive 1,800% year-to-date run-up. Those incredible gains have led to the downfall of several hedge funds that… Source link
Read More »Meme stock trading restrictions ‘not good’ for retail investors
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is still weighing its response to the frenzy over meme stocks, but its leader acknowledged that investors were among the losers when brokerages abruptly restricted trading in late January. “Restrictions on trading that fateful Friday in January was not good for the retail investors that wanted access to the markets,” said SEC Chair Gary Gensler during Yahoo Finance’s All Markets Summit. That “fateful Friday” was Jan. 29, when several… Source link
Read More »Meme Stock Mania Escalates as Vinco Ventures, Support.com Surge
(Bloomberg) — Vinco Ventures Inc. and Support.com Inc. surged, and are on track to extend rallies fueled by retail investors in chatrooms like StockTwits and on Reddit. The pair of stocks jumped more than 50% each when the market opened in New York, extending gains from last week, when Vinco Ventures more than doubled and Support.com almost tripled. The rallies came as individual investors attempted to pump their bets on Twitter, Reddit’s WallStreetBets and chatrooms on… Source link
Read More »Support.com Surges 400% in Meme Army’s New Short-Squeeze Attack
(Bloomberg) — The social-media mob scored another direct hit, this time with a little-known software company that Wall Street started betting against. Support.com Inc. shares skyrocketed on Friday, adding to this week’s triple-digit rally as day traders touted the Los Angeles-based company, whose platform helps companies manage technical and customer support. The shares surged as much as 132%, climbing to the highest since 2004. Support.com was among the most mentioned companies in… Source link
Read More »Meme Stocks Post Best Day Since June as GameStop, AMC Surge
(Bloomberg) — A basket of so-called meme stocks is surging, fueled by afternoon rallies for GameStop Corp. and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. The group of 37 retail-trader favorites tracked by Bloomberg soared 10% Tuesday, the most since early June, as trading volumes accelerated. GameStop and AMC, two of the most closely-followed meme stocks, surged 28% and 20% respectively. The afternoon rally caught most analysts by surprise as investors await insights from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome… Source link
Read More »‘You could lose everything’ on meme stocks: Franklin Templeton CEO
The meme stock craze has cooled off — at least temporarily. Over the past week, favored equities GameStop (GME) and AMC (AMC) have plummeted, dropping about 10% and 21% respectively. The decline affirms the fears of observers who had warned that a pullback was likely for shares elevated by what some consider speculative trading. In a new interview, Franklin Templeton (BEN) CEO Jenny Johnson — whose investment firm manages more than $1.5 trillion in assets — criticized the trading as… Source link
Read More »10 Reddit’s WallStreetBets Meme Stocks Hedge Funds are Piling Into
In this article, we discuss the 10 Reddit’s WallStreetBets meme stocks hedge funds are piling into based on the data of over 800 hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey. If you want to skip our detailed analysis of these stocks, go directly to the 5 Reddit’s WallStreetBets Meme Stocks Hedge Funds are Piling Into. Users on the Reddit forum WallStreetBets, a group with over 10.5 million members, have been one of the most influential forces in the market over the past six months. The forum is home… Source link
Read More »Meme stock nation descends on Bed Bath & Beyond again after earnings report
Meme stock traders are once again showing their love for new bestie Bed Bath & Beyond. Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) exploded more than 30% at one point in Wednesday’s session as traders digested the retailer’s first quarter earnings. To be sure, there were a lot of positives for the meme traders — which sent the stock surging 40% out of the blue in a session earlier this month — to hang their hats on from Bed Bath & Beyond’s latest results. First, CEO Mark Tritton made mention of… Source link
Read More »Why the meme stock craze is more significant than you think
As trading platforms like Robinhood create a rise in retail investor market participation and spark a renewed interest in shares of companies dubbed “meme stocks” like GameStop (GME), BlackBerry (BB), and AMC (AMC), the world of finance is seeing an intersection with the social media sphere. “What you’re seeing is a much larger trend here,” Alexis Ohanian, founder of venture capital firm Seven Seven Six and co-founder of Reddit, told Yahoo Finance Live. “It is the intersection of… Source link
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