Painful lessons:The GameStop revolt by the masses will be short-lived

Painful lessons:The GameStop revolt by the masses will be short-lived

The GameStop bubble has burst after a crazy 10 days that have triggered billions of dollars of both profits and losses across the market. Here’s what we learned from it.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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Defending the short sellers:GameStop saga is more than a battle between good and evil
Opinion
Opinion

Defending the short sellers:GameStop saga is more than a battle between good and evil

Viewing short sellers as predators,while a popular opinion,mischaracterises them.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
GameStop:No winners in sharemarket debacle
Editorial
Short-selling

GameStop:No winners in sharemarket debacle

A Quixotic effort to manipulate the share price of an obscure US retail chain has been hailed by some as a victory against capitalism but popular anger against short-selling is misplaced.

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Former federal judge says regulators must'make an example'of'short and distort'attackers
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Companies

Former federal judge says regulators must'make an example'of'short and distort'attackers

Former federal court judge Ray Finkelstein has called on market regulators to make an example of one or two"short and distort"attackers to deter the release of false and misleading research

  • byAdele Ferguson
Bain muscles Branson out of half his Virgin stake

Bain muscles Branson out of half his Virgin stake

Virgin Australia's new owner Bain Capital has muscled co-founder Richard Branson out of his 10 per cent shareholding in the airline,with the billionaire entrepreneur agreeing to own only half that going forward.

  • byPatrick Hatch
'The big mall short':Icahn scores $1.8b betting against shopping centres

'The big mall short':Icahn scores $1.8b betting against shopping centres

Corporate raider Carl Icahn's bet on the downfall of brick-and-mortar retailers produced a $1.8 billion gain during the June half as they were hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

  • byMiles Weiss andClaire Boston
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Too big to fail:How the Fed averted another financial crisis
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Bonds

Too big to fail:How the Fed averted another financial crisis

The Federal Reserve Board's massive injections of liquidity into US financial markets in March may have prevented the markets from breaking.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Meet the Aussie money manager who made millions as markets crashed

Meet the Aussie money manager who made millions as markets crashed

Father-of-six Nicolas Bryon didn't get much sleep,but it wasn't family duties keeping him up. He was one of a few hedge funds managers around the world who managed to make money in March and April.

  • byDavid Ramli,Bei Hu andNishant Kumar
Marry,kill or have sex? Traders rated women co-workers,suit alleges

Marry,kill or have sex? Traders rated women co-workers,suit alleges

Male traders and portfolio managers at a New York hedge fund openly ranked women on a 1-10 scale,classifying them according to what men would like to do to with them,a former junior associate claims in a lawsuit.

  • byBob Van Voris andGillian Tan
It's Chuck v Axe in a tale of the good,the bad and the flawed

It's Chuck v Axe in a tale of the good,the bad and the flawed

Morally compromised characters divide and conquer – even on the home front,as fans of Billions know only too well.

  • byKate Simmons
Investor shock as high-flying hedge fund posts savage slide
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Managed funds

Investor shock as high-flying hedge fund posts savage slide

Regal Funds Management was hit with a sharp 59 per cent slide in its high-performance hedge fund during March,leaving some investors fuming.

  • byKylar Loussikian