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GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack

So, let me explain to youhow shorting works. Let's say I fakedthe price of expensive pens...

So, let me explain to you
how shorting works. Let's say I faked
the price of expensive pens that's about to go down.
I wanna make money on that

Full Transcript

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So, let me explain to you how shorting works.
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Let's say I faked the price of expensive pens
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that's about to go down. I wanna make money on that.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:01
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

A group of young, risk-embracing day traders used social media to organize a massive stock buy-up. Jordan Belfort provides details about the story, exploring how it shook the world's markets.
So I find someone that has this type of expensive pen - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:08
So I find someone that has this type of expensive pen
Now, the market for this type of pen - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:07
Now, the market for this type of pen
And just like that, I end up with $100. - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:06
And just like that, I end up with $100.
Not a profit yet because I still got - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:05
Not a profit yet because I still got
Say a week later, I was right - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:07
Say a week later, I was right
So I go back into the market now - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:07
So I go back into the market now
I now return this pen - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:06
I now return this pen
And look what I got left, - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:05
And look what I got left,
Just imagine that a hundred thousand times - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:09
Just imagine that a hundred thousand times
[Susannah] Short sellers can act like canaries - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:11
[Susannah] Short sellers can act like canaries
If you lift the bonnet, - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:05
If you lift the bonnet,
But shorting does have a negative reputation - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:07
But shorting does have a negative reputation
And many people are uncomfortable - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:29
And many people are uncomfortable
[Jordan] Ninety-nine percent of the people out there - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:07
[Jordan] Ninety-nine percent of the people out there
Short seller is betting that it's gonna go down. - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:04
Short seller is betting that it's gonna go down.
He's rooting on the sidelines, - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:06
He's rooting on the sidelines,
[rollercoaster engine revving] - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:13
[rollercoaster engine revving]
[Trump] I mean, view this the same as the flu. - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:13
[Trump] I mean, view this the same as the flu.
[Jordan] Hospitals around the world - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:23
[Jordan] Hospitals around the world
[Jordan] The pandemic has a huge impact on GameStop. - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:24
[Jordan] The pandemic has a huge impact on GameStop.