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GameStop: how Reddit amateurs took aim at Wall Street’s short-sellers

By Rob Davies

28 Jan 2021 · 3 min read

The co-ordinated effort by users of the online forum Reddit to drive up the share price of GameStop and other companies is designed to turn the screw on short-sellers.

To the layman, the dynamics at play here can seem dizzyingly labyrinthine.

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