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Close your eyes and flash all the way back to early 2021. Amid political upheaval and a pandemic , a cast of individual traders on Reddit started buying the GameStop stock in droves to squeeze seasoned investors out of money. The get-rich-quick gambit drew bold-faced headlines galore. Still, unless you were directly involved, it was more of a fascinating finance blip than crucial controversy with longterm impact.
The story is stranger than fiction — in a good way! Consider that the man behind the movement was a cat lover live-streaming from his basement in a quiet Boston town. Keith Gill is an unassuming financial analyst making decent money when he decides to sink $50,000 into GameStop. You know, the video game retailer quietly taking up space in suburban malls. He reveals his decision along with other financial insights on a Reddit thread under the moniker Roaring Kitty.
His knowledge and unbridled enthusiasm for his precious new stock spurs his mostly-broke fans to take the plunge and invest online as well. This group includes a Pittsburgh-based essential worker , a pair of Texas college students freaking out over their debt (
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