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GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack

That's somethingto consider here when you're wondering whythey're all buying the stock ...

That's something
to consider here when you're wondering why
they're all buying the stock [police siren wailing] [Jordan] It's not just
the Reddit investors who were betting
on GameStop shares, the video game retailer's
also being targeted by hedge funds. They're the real pros. Companies who invest money
using methods that involve a lot of risk. Hedge funds are betting
on GameStop shares to go down, not up, and they're doing it
using a technique called short selling
or shorting

Full Transcript

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That's something to consider here
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when you're wondering why they're all buying the stock
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[police siren wailing]
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[Jordan] It's not just the Reddit investors
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who were betting on GameStop shares,
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the video game retailer's also being targeted
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by hedge funds.
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They're the real pros.
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Companies who invest money using methods
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that involve a lot of risk.
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Hedge funds are betting on GameStop shares
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to go down, not up,
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and they're doing it using a technique
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called short selling or shorting.
Duration
36 seconds
Views
68
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:15
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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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, let me explain to you how shorting works. - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:11
So, let me explain to you how shorting works.
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