logo
episode-header-image
Feb 2021
55m 35s

Is The GameStop Trade Really A Political...

bloomberg
About this episode

The GameStop short squeeze is one of the most extraordinary events to ever happen in markets. But does it have political significance? Some are saying that it represents the manifestation of Occupy Wall Street, that it is some kind of class warfare against hedge fund elites. Or is it just an interesting trade. We discussed what this moment really means, and what its impact going forward will be, with George Pearkes of Bespoke Investment and Jill Carlson of Slow Ventures.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Up next
Yesterday
OpenAI President Greg Brockman on Doing Business in the Wake of Hugging Face
According to OpenAI President Greg Brockman, the models that escaped their sandbox and hacked into Hugging Face's servers had yet to go through alignment training. That they were able to break free of the testing environment was not a surprise to OpenAI, but what has happened sin ... Show More
1h 2m
Sep 12
Robert Friedland on the World's Monumental Shortage of Copper
Copper demand is booming, with the metal surging another 15% this year. Copper demand has always been tightly linked to economic activity, but now it's in overdrive, thanks to data centers, electric cars, and the global push to reindustrialize everywhere. Copper prices are also r ... Show More
1h 9m
Sep 11
Why Bridgewater's CIO Says AI's Human Extinction Risk Is Real
Greg Jensen was one of the earliest backers of both OpenAI and Anthropic, and at Bridgewater Associates, where he is the managing chief investment officer, he leads the hedge fund’s AI strategy. As an early adopter of the technology, he has a lot of thoughts on where things stand ... Show More
1h 5m
Recommended Episodes
Feb 2021
The GameStop Rebellion
<p><i>This episode contains strong language.</i></p><p>GameStop can feel like a retailer from a bygone era. But last week, it was dragged back into the zeitgeist when it became the center of an online war between members of an irreverent Reddit subforum and hedge funds — one that ... Show More
30m 58s
Feb 2021
Get Shorty
A bunch of Redditors in the US shook Wall Street by banding together to buy up shares of ailing video game seller GameStop, taking short-sellers by surprise. Nithin Kamath, Co-Founder of Zerodha, and Pravin Palande of ET Prime decode the saga and tell us if a similar frenzy can t ... Show More
25m 3s
Jan 2021
'Stupid Prices'
The drama surrounding GameStop Corp. and other high-flying stocks targeted by social media-influenced traders has triggered a debate about behavior in markets and what regulators should do about it.Larry Tabb, the head of market-structure research at Bloomberg Intelligence, discu ... Show More
34m 37s
Jan 2021
Bonus Episode: GameStop Traders Rock the Financial Industry
Youngme , Mihir , and Rawi share their thoughts on how a group of individual investors went head-to-head with Wall Street hedge funds, pushing up GameStop’s stock price and raising questions for the entire financial industry.Visit our website at HarvardAfterHours.com. Email your ... Show More
19m 31s
Jan 2021
The GameStop stock rollercoaster
Why is stock in struggling video game retailer GameStop surging? And what does it have to do with Reddit? We explain.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. 
2m 44s
Jan 2021
"GameStonk" Lunacy: Is Speculative Fervor Reaching Epic Proportions?( w/ Tommy Thornton & Ash B)
DB-Jan26,2021: Senior editor Ash Bennington hosts Tommy Thornton of Hedge Fund Telemetry to break down a day of absurd price action as GameStop skyrocketed 90% today and zoomed an additional 46% during afterhours trading. Tommy and Ash reflect on the shrewd yet reckless speculati ... Show More
48m 39s
Jan 2021
What's Actually Going on with GameStop?
Reddit, Robinhood, the stock market and Hedge Funds... What's going on with GameStop? Latercase - https://latercase.com 
46m 43s
Feb 2021
The GameStop Uprising
Reddit users wreak havoc on Wall Street by causing GameStop stocks to soar, trading firms face major backlash for restricting trades on the company, and Redditors set their sights on silver. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio ... Show More
32m 34s