Full Show Notes
Segment One
Security Money – The Index is on the Rise – BSW #204
It's time for our quarterly segment to review the money of security, including public companies, IPOs, funding rounds and acquisitions from Q4 2020. We'll also update you on our own index that tracks public security companies called, Security Weekly 25.
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Segment Two
WallStreetBets – Hacking the Hedge Funds – BSW #204
Everyone has heard the GameStop frenzy by now, but what's it all about. How did a group of Reddit users hack the financial system and squeeze the hedge funds? We're going to discuss the details behind r/wallstreetbets and how they hacked the hedge funds.
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List of Articles
Matt Alderman
- So What Is Short Selling? An Explainer
- For Elon Musk And Others: How Short Selling Works
- This analogy perfectly explains what short selling is and why hedge funds are hurting right now
- Short selling: What it is, why it’s risky and how the ‘squeeze’ happens
- Melvin Capital – Wikipedia
- Citadel LLC – Wikipedia
- How r/WallStreetBets took down a hedge fund and rode GameStop stock to the moon ????
- How GameStop became the perfect ‘meme stock’ for r/WallStreetBets
- Robinhood (company) – Wikipedia
