This New Week May See Increased Trading Activity from Reddit Investors
The activities of the Reddit chatroom r/wallstreetbets may be far from over as more stocks that are being shorted by Wall Street firms may be pumped again.
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The activities of the Reddit chatroom r/wallstreetbets may be far from over as more stocks that are being shorted by Wall Street firms may be pumped again.
Speaking about Bitcoin, Elon Musk stated that the asset “is really on the verge of getting broad acceptance by sort of the conventional finance people.”
The GameStop episode has pushed hedge funds to book billions of dollars in losses. Reports suggest that following it, hedge funds have been moving money out of the market at the fastest rate since 2014.
GameStop (GME) has baffled Wall Street with its recent move as the investors from the Reddit community behind the price pump have forced big hedge funds to square off their short positions.
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As AMC and GameStop are in a short squeeze, the CEO of Tilray Brendan Kennedy issued a warning to the companies.
The over 642% surge in the shares of GameStop since January 12 has come as a shock to many Wall Street veterans.
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Moderna’s top-executives have assured that the vaccine would be effective to a certain degree on the new mutations. However, they are willing to see more results under different conditions. Moderna has received a positive review from field experts as well!
Wall Street investors are optimistic about the results that big tech companies will announce ahead this week. Since all indices are currently at their all-time highs, investors are maintaining caution.
Though Ethereum alone bears the glory with this current milestone, many factors work synergistically to help the coin attain the record ATH.
Pfizer and BioNTech will supply a COVAX program to accelerate vaccine distribution in lower-income countries.
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