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Spits out Coffee: Bloomberg TV Guest Compares GameStop Stock Surge to Capitol Hill Riot
NewsBusters ^ | 1/28/2021 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 01/28/2021 10:16:41 AM PST by JV3MRC

GameStop dominated Wall Street in an odd financial tug-of-war. Investors on Reddit bought up the stock after big hedge funds had sold the stock short, essentially betting it would go down.

GameStop’s stock price skyrocketed and short-sellers lost billions. Talking heads scrambled to make sense of the event. But one of the most brain-melting assessments of the GameStop short squeeze came from Bloomberg TV guest and President of Financial Insyghts Peter Atwater. Atwater was so perplexed that he actually compared individual investors on Reddit outsmarting the big short-sellers to the Jan. 6, Capitol Hill Riot during a segment on Bloomberg TV:

"This has got anger behind it. And the behavior of the mob in many ways reminds me of what we saw two weeks ago at the Capitol. It’s a mishmash of a whole lot of people."

Yikes.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: bloombergtv; capitolhillriot; emperorofmeffa; gamestop; kingofmeffa; meffa; stockmarket
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To: JV3MRC

But the elections are not rigged.


21 posted on 01/28/2021 11:01:26 AM PST by NoLibZone (We are now officially a systemically racist nation. Our Pres voted for school segregation.)
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To: PapaBear3625

I think a lot of phantom shares are created in the options market. Maybe the bigs got carried away with little ole GME.

Brokerage firms were probably loaning shares to short without possession too.

This whole thing could be epic.


22 posted on 01/28/2021 11:10:38 AM PST by Gahanna Bob
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To: JV3MRC

Investment insurrection. By this time next week charges will be filed for the redditors.

Probably some sort of hate crime if I had to make a guess.

Got a call from a lawyer friend asking if I had joined in on this (I haven’t). He said that the word is charges are going to be filed for the reddit group


23 posted on 01/28/2021 11:21:26 AM PST by redgolum (If this culture today is civilization, I will be the barbarian )
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To: JV3MRC

It’s very much the same thing. Two different arenas, but the smelly hillbillies smacking the elites.

And don’t think for a minute the elites weren’t ROCKED by the Patriot Day (Jan. 6) revolt. Ordinary people had them cravenly cowering and hiding under desks and running for elevators. It was a beautiful sight.

WSB is doing the same thing to the smarmy hedgies.


24 posted on 01/28/2021 11:23:59 AM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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To: Alcibiades

Why do you assume you will be allowed to sell your 401K? If this stand, you can only buy or sell if the gang wants you to.

Grandpa was right. You don’t own your stocks if you buy it through a 401K. However, he assumed you DO if you buy it yourself.


25 posted on 01/28/2021 11:24:17 AM PST by redgolum (If this culture today is civilization, I will be the barbarian )
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To: Billthedrill

LOL!

Seems like little Peter lost some money lately.

He can pound sand!


26 posted on 01/28/2021 11:33:59 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: redgolum

Charles, over at Fox, explained that the stock had been oversold by 140% and every single share including the oversold phantom shares, was shorted. Very stupid thing for Wall Street to do in their attempt to run a business out of business.

If any charges should come down it should be the brokerage houses that oversold by 140% and then conspired amongst each other to destroy a business for their own personal profit.


27 posted on 01/28/2021 12:02:25 PM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: blueplum

If there is enough money, you don’t have to follow the same laws others do.

Going after the hedge funds for illegal shorts will impact a lot of big money, big names, and political elites whose money is in the funds.

Those same parties are scared, frightened, and worried that the great unwashed found a way to strike them. They are calling the SEC demanding to be protected and made whole.

Just like with the riots, watch who they protect, who they defend, and who they destroy.


28 posted on 01/28/2021 12:17:17 PM PST by redgolum (If this culture today is civilization, I will be the barbarian )
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To: JV3MRC

It’s was down 105 earlier.


29 posted on 01/28/2021 12:52:08 PM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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To: JV3MRC

Nothing like a little drama to open some eyes.


30 posted on 01/28/2021 2:39:26 PM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: cgbg

Agree, the recognize the problem, but have the wrong solution. The problem is Coroprotism. The answer is reigning in monopolies to let a true Free market florush.


31 posted on 01/28/2021 6:31:14 PM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up!)
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To: Wayne07

It appears that democrats are not the only ones capable of ‘direct action’. You’re right this is not a bad comparison. In both cases there was an action taken against the established ruling elite. I expect more of the same from different independent groups. They’ve got the signal that if you can get away with it, it’s right.


32 posted on 01/29/2021 3:14:30 AM PST by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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