GameStop has long been the center of financial rumors and speculation...but not like this.
Join us as we dive into the wild world of speculative securities trading, from short sales to short squeezes, to talk about what is happening today, whether the law is equipped to handle it, and just what it might mean for the future.
Don't hate the Players, but consider changing the game...in Virtual Legality.
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Discussed in this episode:
"A Fight Over GameStop’s Soaring Stock Turns Ugly"
Wired - January 25, 2021
https://www.wired.com/story/gamestop-stock-wall-street-bets-short-squeeze/
"wallstreetbets"
Reddit Page
https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/
"GameStop stock is approaching a hundred bucks in pre-market."
Tweet - January 25, 2021
https://twitter.com/DomsPlaying/status/1353701899107770368
"Pump&Dump.con: Tips for Avoiding Stock Scams on the Internet"
SEC Website - January 11, 2005
https://www.sec.gov/reportspubs/investor-publications/investorpubspumphtm.html
"Employment of manipulative and deceptive devices."
17 CFR 240.10b-5 (10b-5)
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/17/240.10b-5
"Investor Alert: Fraudulent Stock Promotions"
SEC's Investor Website - July 29, 2015
https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/general-resources/news-alerts/alerts-bulletins/investor-alerts/investor-35
"SEC Obtains Asset Freeze in Microcap Pump and Dump Scheme Targeting Elderly Retail Investors"
SEC Website - July 18, 2019
https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2019-136
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