The Short Squeeze:Fishy business in the market

The Short Squeeze:Fishy business in the market

This week’s episode of The Short Squeeze looks at the ongoing GameStop drama,salmon prices and the outlook for dividends in the half-year reporting season.

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‘The fish got away’:Young traders see GameStop profits evaporate

‘The fish got away’:Young traders see GameStop profits evaporate

The unlikely GameStop surge created breathtaking fortunes overnight. But they disappeared almost as quickly.

  • byMatt Phillips,Taylor Lorenz,Tara Siegel Bernard andGillian Friedman
The lessons of GameStop:How Wall Street can stop markets being manipulated
Opinion
Opinion

The lessons of GameStop:How Wall Street can stop markets being manipulated

There will be academic case studies and arguments on the mania around GameStop’s stock. What’s less up for debate is this:The public has a deep distrust of the stockmarket and everything it represents.

  • byAndrew Ross Sorkin
GameStop shares drop 60 per cent as frenzied rally loses steam

GameStop shares drop 60 per cent as frenzied rally loses steam

Shares in the company continue to tumble on Wall Street,sparking speculation the ‘Reddit rally’ is unwinding rapidly.

  • bySagarika Jaisinghani andThyagaraju Adinarayan
The Short Squeeze:The GameStop short squeeze

The Short Squeeze:The GameStop short squeeze

On this week’s Short Squeeze podcast,Markets Live editors Lucy Battersby and Alex Druce are joined by National Business editor John McDuling to break down the GameStop saga.

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

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
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‘The people demand answers’:Elon Musk grills Robinhood chief executive on GameStop

‘The people demand answers’:Elon Musk grills Robinhood chief executive on GameStop

The world’s richest man questioned the chief executive of trading platform Robinhood over the GameStop sharemarket battle on private social network Clubhouse.

  • byCara Waters
Silver becomes the new GameStop as online movement pushes metal to eight-year high
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Silver

Silver becomes the new GameStop as online movement pushes metal to eight-year high

The price of silver is rallying as the online trading movement fuelling the rise of unloved shares like GameStop took a shine to the precious metal.

Stake scrambles to fix outage triggered by GameStop trade frenzy

Stake scrambles to fix outage triggered by GameStop trade frenzy

Local low-cost broker Stake told users that it is still attempting to fix the problems which caused service last week’s service issues.

  • byColin Kruger
GameStop:No winners in sharemarket debacle
Editorial
Editorial

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.

  • The Herald's View
Top Aussie fund sold GameStop before market frenzy sent shares into the stratosphere

Top Aussie fund sold GameStop before market frenzy sent shares into the stratosphere

Paradice Investment Management sold shares in GameStop,just before an extraordinary sharemarket surge lifted the value of its former holding above $1 billion.

  • byDominic Powell andSarah Danckert