Why did the price of GameStop stocks jump so suddenly?
The company’s stock price has soared this year on rising enthusiasm over GameStop Chairman Ryan Cohen’s reputation and his efforts to orient the company toward e-commerce.
Will GameStop Squeeze again?
Since the short interest at GameStop was higher than any publicly traded company at the time, it was the target of a very quick but effective short squeeze. Investors who continue to hold GameStop are primarily expecting another short squeeze to take place now that shares have pulled back close to 70% from their all-time high.
Why is GameStop stock going up?
GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) shares are trading lower Monday alongside other meme stocks. The stock is continuing to slide lower after the company’s quarterly earnings report last Wednesday showed a 30% revenue boost, but a large widening loss-per-share.
How high could GameStop go?
While GameStop still has upside to $500, traders need to be aware that traditional technical and fundamental analysis has limited use in this type of a situa...
Who owns GameStop stock?
Despite GameStop’s bleak outlook, last year a well-known investor named Ryan Cohen increased his holdings of GameStop stock to more than 10% of the company, with hopes of transforming the mainly physical retailer into more of an online player.
What hedge fund lost money on GameStop?
In fact, one hedge fund called Melvin Capital lost so much money on its GameStop short positions that it needed a capital infusion of nearly $3 billion to shore up its finances. And GameStop isn’t the only stock that has seen this kind of tug of war between retail investors and hedge funds lately. A few others include:
How many stores does GameStop have?
GameStop (NYSE: GME) is primarily a bricks-and-mortar video game retailer with more than 5,000 stores. But this business model is frowned upon by many in the investment community due to both long-term and short-term factors. Long-term, fewer and fewer gamers actually journey out to physical stores to purchase their games.
How much did the company lose in 2020?
The company had a net loss of $18.8 million, or 0.29 per share.
Did hedge funds bet against GameStop?
Several major hedge funds looked at GameStop’s books and decided that the company was doomed to fail eventually. So they bet against GameStop stock by shorting it. That means they borrowed the stock and sold it, hoping to buy it back later (and return it to the stock lender) after the stock price fell.
What happens when you short a stock?
If you believe the shares of a company will fall, you "borrow" shares via your broker, sell them immediately, and then hope to "return" them by buying them back at a lower price, keeping the difference.
What is the maximum loss of a stock?
When owning, or being long, a stock, your maximum loss is the amount of your investment. As long as you're not using margin, you can own a stock for forever and can't be forced to sell. If you believe a stock is undervalued, you having the luxury of time for the market to appreciate it and the stock to hopefully rise.
Why is short interest above 100% rare?
In practice, this is rare, for several reasons. The greater the short interest in a stock, the higher the risk of a short squeeze. Many investors will avoid "crowded shorts" for this reason. Most brokers charge interest on borrowed stocks.
When did Chrysler go bankrupt?
Many automakers were viewed as bankruptcy risks, and in fact, Chrysler filed bankruptcy in April 2009 and General Motors ( GM) followed a month later.
Is GM short interest?
GM has almost no short interest and has traded in a 10% range over the past two weeks. On Sunday, Robinhood significantly relaxed restrictions and only 8 stocks are now restricted. This moving target of what is allowed should erode investors trust in the Robinhood platform.
An army of individual traders is battling short sellers -- with the help of Elon Musk and Chamath Palihapitiya
Joe honed his investing skills as an analyst for Stock Advisor. He battle-tested his investment philosophy and strategies as portfolio manager of Tier 1, a market-crushing Motley Fool real-money portfolio that delivered 24.58% annualized returns.
What happened
Shares of GameStop ( NYSE:GME) extended their torrid recent gains on Tuesday. By the close of trading, the video game company's stock price was up a stunning 92.6%.
So what
GameStop's shares are now up more than 1,000% since the beginning of the year. Analysts say the stock's staggering ascent is due largely to a short squeeze, driven by a slew of individual investors who are coordinating their buying efforts on sites such as Reddit and Twitter ( NYSE:TWTR) .
Now what
As of 6:20 p.m. EST, GameStop's shares are up an additional 40% in after-hours trading. The sharp upward move followed a tweet by Tesla CEO Musk that linked to a popular Reddit message board, which many GameStop bulls have used to promote the stock.
Investors are playing a dangerous game that could end in crushing losses
Joe honed his investing skills as an analyst for Stock Advisor. He battle-tested his investment philosophy and strategies as portfolio manager of Tier 1, a market-crushing Motley Fool real-money portfolio that delivered 24.58% annualized returns.
What happened
Shares of GameStop ( NYSE:GME) extended their torrid recent gains on Wednesday as a horde of traders rushed to buy the video game company's stock in attempt to crush short-sellers and drive its price to astronomical levels.
So what
GameStop's shares are now up nearly 1,700% so far in 2021 -- and it's still January. An epic short squeeze is believed to be fueling the rally -- one led by an army of individual traders that are using social media sites like Reddit and Twitter to coordinate their strikes against short-sellers.
Now what
While no doubt amusing to Musk, Palihapitiya, and the legion of GameStop bulls who have enjoyed the stock's incredible ascent, the steep rally in its share price might not last much longer.
Why GameStop?
Because it’s funny. It really is that simple. Many of Reddit’s most popular communities are based around video games, and GameStop is a particularly infamous company for many gamers. The store has a returns policy that allows customers to return games to build in-store credit that can be used to purchase other games.
What now?
Online communities of amateur investors have the ability and will continue to move the needle on stocks. If big, public shifts like this continue to happen, there may be a crackdown on communities like r/wallstreetbets for market manipulation.
