1312: Lessons From the Gamestop Squeeze and "Meme" Stocks: One Year Later

On the one-year anniversary of the Gamestop stock squeeze that took over market headlines, what are the key lessons everyday investors need to understand from that weird, erratic phenomenon in financial history? What does it reveal about the Wall Street's "game" and the true winners and losers? Are trading platforms like Robinhood helpful or harmful? And is this certain to happen again? Our guest is Spencer Jakab, award-winning financial journalist at the Wall Street Journal, former stock analyst, and author of The Revolution That Wasn’t: GameStop, Reddit, and the Fleecing of Small Investors. Want more articles and videos by Farnoosh? Check out www.cnet.com/somoney.Subscribe to her weekly So Money newsletter for the latest updates and advice.Catch her weekly money videos on YouTube. Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.