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A GameStop store in 2014. GameStop, an American chain of brick-and-mortar video game stores, had struggled in the years leading up to the short squeeze due to competition from digital distribution services, as well as the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which reduced the number of people who shopped in-person.
Short interest on GameStop sits at around 24% of the float, according to S3 Partners data. "Including today's losses, GME shorts are now down -$1.34 billion in May month-to-date losses, and now ...
GameStop stock tanked more than 18% Wednesday as a rally among meme names showed signs of fading.Shares of the video game retailer are coming off a two-day short squeeze. GameStop stock gained ...
GameStop (GME) shares closed 51% higher at $65.01 each on Friday after an apparent crush on short-sellers.
Interest in meme stocks started in 2020, [4] in what the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has called a "meme stock phenomenon". [12] The stock of American video game retailer GameStop has been one of the most popular meme stocks, [13] [14] with mass purchases of the stock leading to a short squeeze on GameStop in early 2021. [5]
The event marked Gill's first live appearance on the channel since the investor helped ignite a meme stock rally in 2021 via his bullish videos and posts about the video game retailer.
On July 14, 2022, YouTube made a special playlist and video celebrating the 317 music videos to have hit 1 billion views and joined the "Billion Views Club". [65] [66] On April 1, 2024, the communications app Discord incorporated a short trailer video into their in-app April Fools' Day prank regarding loot boxes. The video automatically looped ...
Gill helped spearhead the massive rally in GameStop stock at the end of 2020 and the start of 2021, sending shares hundreds of percent higher. Gill’s X account suddenly became active in May ...