What In the World is Going On in the Market Right Now?

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Josh sent out the bat signal to Michael and me this morning for an emergency market update to talk about the weird, fun, entertaining, crazy, head-scratching market moves we’re seeing right now in the stock market.

So we hopped on YouTube and discussed the following:

  • The biggest short squeeze of all-time
  • How many dominos are going to fall from this GameStop thing?
  • Could we see a run on hedge funds?
  • Are markets broken?
  • How much big money is in on these trades?
  • What ends the run in something like WSB?
  • Why this is not the same thing as 1999
  • Were the hedge funds asking for this?
  • How crypto invigorated retail investors
  • Will this change the way hedge fund managers short?
  • How Robinhood set this in motion
  • Are hedge fund managers in the message boards now?

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