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GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack

The short sellersare completely blindsided. GameStop's valuejust keeps going up and up....

The short sellers
are completely blindsided. GameStop's value
just keeps going up and up. Thanks to the relentless buying of small time investors. [man] It turned from
a traditional short squeeze into a social event
where people could use that as a rallying cry
to take down the institutions that were shorting
a stock like GameStop, and they had tended
to be the hedge funds

Full Transcript

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The short sellers are completely blindsided.
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GameStop's value just keeps going up and up.
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Thanks to the relentless buying
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of small time investors.
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[man] It turned from a traditional short squeeze
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into a social event where people could use that
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as a rallying cry to take down the institutions
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that were shorting a stock like GameStop,
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and they had tended to be the hedge funds.
Duration
24 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:21
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.
[Jordan] By late January, - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:30
[Jordan] By late January,
[woman] Hedge fund borrow is facing billions - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:05
[woman] Hedge fund borrow is facing billions
Shares are now up more than 60% free market - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:36
Shares are now up more than 60% free market
Um, we made... we made a statement - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:08
Um, we made... we made a statement
[Alex] It was really exciting - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:15
[Alex] It was really exciting
And that if it was all proven to be true, - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:08
And that if it was all proven to be true,
Redditors have this massive rush of euphoria - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:07
Redditors have this massive rush of euphoria
I think they know the war's not over yet, - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:06
I think they know the war's not over yet,
And almost, uh, I think probably - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:07
And almost, uh, I think probably
As the price hits the stratosphere, - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:32
As the price hits the stratosphere,
[Jordan] On January 28, boom, - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:22
[Jordan] On January 28, boom,
And as wallstreetbets starts smelling blood - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:11
And as wallstreetbets starts smelling blood
With literally no end in sight, - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:05
With literally no end in sight,
And then one day towards the end of January, - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:12
And then one day towards the end of January,
[upbeat music playing] - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:58
[upbeat music playing]
We all knew that the game was slanted - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:18
We all knew that the game was slanted
[Alex] I was at first really angry at Robinhood - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:14
[Alex] I was at first really angry at Robinhood
[Dan] When Robinhood stops, uh, the everyday trader - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:15
[Dan] When Robinhood stops, uh, the everyday trader
When trade was restricted, it really did cause - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:12
When trade was restricted, it really did cause
[Ross] I think a lot of people were very upset - GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack 00:13
[Ross] I think a lot of people were very upset