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Feb 2021
10m 23s

Reddit traders eye silver, Republicans f...

Financial Times
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Reddit traders have targeted silver markets after piling into GameStop shares last week, and Republicans in the US Senate float a stimulus deal a third the size of president Joe Biden’s plan. Plus, the FT’s chief features writer, Henry Mance, spoke with the founder of the internet investigative group Bellingcat and shines a light on the trailblazing group. 


Reddit traders switch sights to silver after equities attack

ft.com/content/d46e8623-09af-4a1f-b7e5-207616388b0f?


GameStop mania: why Reddit traders are unlikely to face prosecution

https://www.ft.com/content/8caa3c75-944a-468e-8a68-9deeec8b67d8


Republican senators float compromise $600bn stimulus deal

https://www.ft.com/content/20859a91-cadc-42c2-b97b-a994efd65ec1


Bellingcat’s Eliot Higgins: ‘We’re on the precipice of the misinformation age’

https://www.ft.com/content/0f31590f-74cf-4cfa-b0d6-92e8f27d6d34



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