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The Meme Stock Cult [TEASER]

If Books Could Kill

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The Rise and Fall of GameStop

A Reddit community known as Wall Street Bets is a place where people gamble with stocks. One member invests $53,000 into call options on the stock he's shorting. The community does not actually particularly give a shit about Keith Gill's investment thesis because that's not really what they care about. To understand the conspiracy theory you need to understand the basics of shorting stocks and short squeezes.

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