All posts tagged: gamestop

The ‘happy amateur’ could become legendary

June 3, 2024
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

GameStop surges again as Keith Gill makes his Reddit comeback Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-06-03. Translated from Swedish. Keith Gill had been silent on social media for more than three years. Then, on Sunday morning, he posted a screenshot on Reddit showing a position of five million GameStop shares — worth around 1.2 billion kronor — plus options worth another 691 million kronor. The GameStop era is apparently not over. It is difficult to know […]

This determines the next GameStop

June 14, 2021
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on June 14th, 2021. When the speculators on an online forum decide on a stock, things can move very fast. This week, companies such as Clover Health, Aethlon Medical and Geo Group got to experience what it is like to become a so-called meme stock. But what forces really affect what will be the next Gamestop? The medical technology company Aethlon has just had a couple […]

Free popcorn made the AMC stock soar

June 3, 2021
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on June 3rd, 2021. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. By enticing with free popcorn, the cinema chain AMC’s share soared by 95 percent – in one day. The incident reveals a change of attitude towards speculators from internet forums. From skepticism to addressing them directly. Fund manager Mudrick Capital made probably the worst stock market […]

The Game Stop hysteria is about to get worse

February 18, 2021
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on February 18th, 2021. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. The hysteria has barely subsided before it is time for the political aftermath. But when the Game Stop mess now reaches Congress, there’s a big risk that things derail again. The legislator’s knowledge about the internet is simply too low, writes SvD’s Björn Jeffery who lists […]

The n00b of Wall Street

February 4, 2021
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on February 4th, 2021. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Live streamed portfolio analysis. Derivatives as entertainment. The Wall Street Bets forum represents a new generation of stock traders who have borrowed their influences from the computer game world. At the same time as the hedge funds was tearing their hair over extreme losses in Gamestop, […]